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1. Add MS 47804-47838

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Add MS 47804-47838
Title:
GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION. Musical compositions of Gustav Holst (b. 1874, d. 1934); [1887?]-1934. Mostly autograph. Unpublished unless otherwise stated. Dates of composition have been supplied from I. Holst, A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, 1974. For further information on many of the works see also I. Holst, The Music of Gustav Holst, 2nd ed., 1968, and Gustav Holst: a biography, 2nd ed., 1969. For further manuscripts of music by Holst see Add. MSS. 48369, 52915, 57863- 57910, 59...
Scope & Content:
Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Musical compositions: [1887?]-1934.: Mostly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1887?]-1934
Extent:
35 items

2. Add MS 48369

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Add MS 48369
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'A CHORAL FANTASIA', op. 51, by Gustav Holst: a setting for soprano solo, chorus, organ and orchestra of verses from Robert Bridges's 'Ode to Music'; 1930. Autograph. 'First Complete Sketch' entitled 'Choral Fantasia' (f. 1), in condensed score, with a number of revisions and indications of instrumentation. See also Add. MS. 57903, autograph full score; Bodleian Library, MS. Don.c.21, autograph vocal score. The work was written for the Three Choirs Festival and was first performed in Glouces...
Scope & Content:
Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: 'A Choral Fantasia', op. 51: 1930.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52915

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Add MS 52915
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GUSTAV HOLST: Songs for voice and piano; 1907, 1929. Autograph. (1) 'Ushas (Dawn)' (f. 1); no. 1 of the first set of 'Hymns from the Rig Veda' (f. 1), op. 24; 1907. Fair draft, with pencil revisions. I. Holst, A Thematic Catalogue of Gustav Holst's Music, 1974, no. 90/1, pp. 77, 80, 81. See also Add. MS. 57872. Preceded (f. 1) by a title-page listing the contents of the first set with the addition of 'IV Ratri (Night)', which was discarded from op. 24. Published 1920. Followed (f. 5b) by a...
Scope & Content:
Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Songs,: 1907-1929: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1907-1929
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 57863-57910

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Add MS 57863-57910
Title:
GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Music manuscripts of Gustav Theodore Holst (b. 1874, d.1934); 1890-1934, n.d. Autograph and in ink unless otherwise stated. Catalogue numbers (preceded by H), and dates of composition where not present in the manuscript, are supplied from Imogen Holst A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst's music (1974), which should also be consulted for details of first performances and publication. Supplementing Add. 47804-47838. For other Holst manuscripts see Add. 48369...
Scope & Content:
Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Music manuscripts of Gustav Theodore Holst: circa 1890-1934, n.d: Mostly autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1890-1934
Extent:
50 items

5. Add MS 57953

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Add MS 57953
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GUSTAV HOLST: letters from Gustav Holst to Ralph Vaughan Williams and Harold Brooke; [1903]-[1933]. n.d. Art. 1 presented by Imogen Holst, by permission of Ursula Vaughan Williams, and art. 2 presented by Harold Brooke, Esq., son of the recipient, both 29 Aug. 1973. Paper; ff. 100. British Library arrangement. 1. ff. 1-52v. Letters, etc., to Ralph and Adeline Vaughan Williams; [1903]-[1933]. The first letter is imperfect. Most are published in Ursula Vaughan Williams and Imogen Holst, He...
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includes: ff. 1-29v, 49-52v Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Letters to R. Vaughan Williams from Gustav Theodore Holst: [1903]-[1933].f. 25 Vally Lasker, pianist; amanuensis of Gustav Holst: Imogen Holst, composer and writer on music: Nora Day, G Holst'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1933
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 58079

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Add MS 58079
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; 1701-1963, n.d. Paper; ff. 103. British Library arrangement. A. Letter from Jan Garrigue Masaryk in London to Group-Captain Malcolm Grahame Christie, recording the former's perceptions of Conrad Henlein, the Sudeten leader, and Edvard BeneÈ, the newly-elected President of Czechoslovakia; 6 Jan. 1936. The letter also describes Czech anxieties about the 'supernationalism which combined with gangsterism seems to be swaying Europe'. Pencil annotation [by M. ...
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includes: f. 1 Jan Garrigue Masaryk, Czech statesman: Czechoslovakia: Group Captain Malcolm Grahame Christie: Conrad Henlein, Sudeten nationalist leader: Letter rel. to the Sudetenland to Group Capt. Malcolm Grahame Christie from Jan Garrigue Masaryk: 1936.f. 3 Revenue: England; Parliament:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and German
Date Range:
1701-1963
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 59540

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Add MS 59540
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GUSTAV HOLST: 'The Morning of the Year', a choral ballet for SATB chorus and orchestra (words: Steuart Wilson), op. 45 no. 2, H 164; [1926-1927]. Autograph full score in ink with further annotations in red ink, various crayons and pencil, some by the engraver. 'Dedicated to the English Folk Dance Society' (typewritten, f. i). See also Add. 57896. For other Holst manuscripts see Add. 48369, 52364, 52915, 57863-57910, 57953, 59882, 59883, 61951, 64957, 71165, 71218, 71551; Eg. 3304, 3821; Loan...
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Sir James Steuart Wilson, singer and musical administrator: Music: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: 'The Morning of the Year', a choral ballet for SATB chorus and orchestra, op. 45 no. 2 music by Gustav Holst, words by Sir James Steuart Wilson: [1926-7].
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1926-1927]
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 60391

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Add MS 60391
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper; ff. 338. British Library arrangement. A. Eleven letters from William Ewart Gladstone to Joseph Williams Blakesley, Fellow of Trinity College Cambridge, and (1872) Dean of Lincoln, mainly concerning political and religious questions; 1833-1872. Further correspondence for 1833-1870 between Gladstone and Blakesley is listed in The Gladstone Papers: Additional Manuscripts 44086-44835, p. 83. Purchased at Sotheby''s, 14 March 1979, lot 226. ff. 1-26....
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includes: ff. 1-26 Joseph Williams Blakesley, Dean of Lincoln: William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Letters to Joseph Williams Blakesley from William Ewart Gladstone: 1833-1872. ff. 27-28 Thomas Linley, composer: Richard Brinsley Sheridan, MP; dramatist: James Ford, partner of R B Sheridan:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1655-1983
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 61951

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Add MS 61951
Title:
GUSTAV HOLST: twenty letters to Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio, with three draft replies, concerning her translation into Italian of Holst's libretto for his opera, 'The Youth's Choice', H. 60; 1902, 1903. The translation was made to enable the work to be submitted in 1902 for the Sonzogno opera competition, Milan. The text is written in the translator's hand into the full score, Add. 47815. Presented by the Rev. R. D. Richardson, husband of the recipient, Sept. 1981. Paper; ff. 39. ...
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Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio, Serena Professor of Italian at University of Birmingham; wife of Reverend Dr R D Richardson: Music: Gustav Theodore Holst, composer: Correspondence between Linetta Palamidessi de Castelvecchio and Gustav Holst: 1901, 1902: Partly drafts.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1903
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 62121

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Add MS 62121
Title:
STAINER LETTERS: letters from composers and musicians to Sir John Stainer (1840-1901), organist and composer, and his son, J. F. R. Stainer; 1860-1932, n.d. Including letters from Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Holst, Bax, Grove and Walford Davies. Purchased at Sotheby's, 11 Nov. 1981, lot 30. Paper; ff. 169. British Library arrangement.
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includes: ff. 1-101 Music: Sir John Stainer, musicologist and composer: Correspondence, etc., of Sir John Stainer: 1860-1898.ff. 1-7v, 10, 27 Reverend Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley, 2nd Baronet composer: Letters to Sir J. Stainer, etc., from Rev. Sir Frederick Arthur Gore Ouseley: 1860-...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860-1932
Extent:
1 item