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Collection Area Western Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 65092-65098

1. Add MS 65092-65098

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Add MS 65092-65098
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER: sketches and draft libretto for the unfinished opera 'Thomas the Rhymer' (libretto, Ursula Vaughan Williams) by Ralph Vaughan Williams; [1958]. Autograph, the libretto partly typewritten. The musical sketches in vocal score. Add. 70985 is a complete copy of the libretto, and Add. 70986 an incomplete copy of the vocal score. For the work, in progress but unfinished at the composer's death, see note by Ursula Vaughan Williams (Add. 65093 A, f. i), and Michael Kennedy, A Cata...
Scope & Content:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Opera 'Thomas the Rhymer' by Ralph Vaughan Williams: [1958]: Incomplete: Mostly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1958]
Extent:
40 items

2. Add MS 65093-65098

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Add MS 65093-65098
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vols. II-VII. Musical sketches. Entered into a series of notebooks; Add. 65093 and 65097 include sketch material for other works written at the same time, as noted below. Thirty-nine notebooks in six volumes. 310 x 325mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
39 items

3. Add MS 65094 A

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Add MS 65094 A
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Scope & Content:
Vol. III A. (ff. 20).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 65094 A-C

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Add MS 65094 A-C
Title:
Vol. III A-C. Continuous draft for Act I, scene i. Numbered on the covers by the composer as books 4-6.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
3 items

5. Add MS 65094 A-I

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Add MS 65094 A-I
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. III A-I. Extended draft sketches for Act I. Nine notebooks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
9 items

6. Add MS 65094 B

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Add MS 65094 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III B. (ff. 20).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 65094 C

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Add MS 65094 C
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III C. (ff. 18).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 65094 D

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Add MS 65094 D
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III D (ff. 18). Draft for the opening of Act I, scene i, with miscellaneous sketches.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 65094 E

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Add MS 65094 E
Title:
Scope & Content:
Vol. III E. (ff. 18).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 65094 E-G

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Add MS 65094 E-G
Title:
Vol. III E-G. Drafts for the latter part of Act I, scene i.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
3 items