Thea Musgrave: orchestral works. 'Nocturnes and arias', 'Variations for brass band'
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Scores, on transparencies, in ink. (1.) 'Nocturnes and Arias', a suite from 'The Decision', for orchestra; 1965. (2.) 'Variations for brass band'; 1966. 'Short score'.
(1.) 'Scottish Dance Suite' for concert band, 1974. Score, dyeline copy on bifoliate paper. Unlike many Musgrave scores, this is a transposing score. (2.) 'Orfeo II: an Improvisation on a theme', for solo flute and fifteen strings. Text for programme notes; annotated photocopies of the solo flute...
Thea Musgrave: Horn Concerto, 'Variations on A Happy Birthday'
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(1.) 'Horn Concerto'; 1970-1971. Sketches, in pencil. Score. Dyeline copy, heavily annotated in various plain and coloured pencils and inks. (2.) 'Variations on “A Happy Birthday”: a variation in one minute; to celebrate the 70th birthday of Sir William Walton'; 1972. Score, on transparencies.
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes of Time Past', for cor anglais, trumpet, and string orchestra
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(1.) 'Sketches'; 2000. (2.) Draft, still labelled 'sketches', with printed title page and prefatory page. Also included is a structural diagram. (3.) Score; 2000. (4.) Three items of correspondence with James Freeman, the conductor of Orchestra 2001, which commissioned the work; April 1999–August...
Thea Musgrave: orchestral works. 'Soliloquy II', 'From One to Another II'
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(1.) 'Soliloquy II', for solo guitar and chamber ensemble; 1980. Score, in pencil. (2.) 'From One to Another [II]', for solo viola and strings; 1980. Score, in pencil. (3.) From One to Another I. Score relating to tape part; '"Stuff" for making tape'. In ink.
Thea Musgrave: orchestral works. 'Loch Ness', 'Largo in homage to B.A.C.H.'
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Autograph sketches and scores. (1.) 'Loch Ness - a postcard from Scotland', for orchestra; 2012. Sketches, arranged (by the composer) in a series of drafts for various passages. Score, 'corrected May 16 2012'. (2.) 'Largo in Homage to B.A.C.H.', for string orchestra; 2013. Sketches, arranged by ...
Thea Musgrave: orchestral works. Suite from 'A Tale for Thieves', Divertimento for String Orchestra, 'Obliques'.
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Scores, on transparencies, in ink. (1.) 'Suite from A Tale for Thieves', for orchestra. Some annotation in pencils, particularly red pencil. (2.) 'Divertimento for string orchestra op 15'; 1956-1957. (3.) 'Obliques', for orchestra; 1958.
Scores, on transparencies, in ink, and papers pertaining to the revision of certain passages. (1.) 'Scottish Dance Suite', for orchestra; 1959-1963. Unreduced orchestral version, bearing the copyright date 1963; revised leaves for the reduced orchestral version. (2.) 'Theme and Interludes', for ...