GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Vols. XXII-XXIV. 'The Hymm of Jesus' for two choruses SATB, semi-chorus SSA and orchestra (words: translated by the composer from the Apochryphal Acts of St John), op. 37, H 140; [1917]. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of Stainer & Bell Ltd. Three volumes.
GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Vols. XXVIII, XXIX. 'The Perfect Fool', opera in 1 act (libretto by the composer), op. 39, H 150; 1922. Two volumes.
GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Vols. XXXIX, XL. Double Concerto, for two violins and orchestra, op. 49, H 175; [1929]. Dedicated to Adila Fachiri and Jelly d'Aranyi. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Two volumes.
GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Vol. XLVIII. Sketchbooks; 1923-1933. Mostly in pencil. Presented by Miss Vally Lasker. Three notebooks. All 113 x 151mm. Augener's manuscript music books.
HESELTINE PAPERS. Vols. I-IV. Letters from Heseltine to his mother, Edith Buckley Jones; 1897-1930. Including one letter (57961 f. 71) to Heseltine from his mother; 1917. Four volumes.
Scope & Content:
Edith Buckley Jones, formerly Heseltine née Covernton; mother of P A Heseltine: Letters from her son, Philip, to Edith Buckley Jones: 1899-1930.
HESELTINE PAPERS. Vols. XI, XII. Working notebooks, etc.; circa 1916-circa 1929. Partly French, German, Dutch, Latin. Including copies of poems, musical sketches, notes on the Cornish language, lists and extracts of books and manuscripts consulted in the British Museum and elsewhere and miscellaneous jottings. 57969 E is a diary for 1927 with intermittent entries. At 57969 f. 29 is inserted a contemporary copy of a letter of James Covernton (1884) disposing of books and personal effects not ...
ELGAR COLLECTION. Vols. XI, XII. 'Scenes from the Saga of King Olaf', cantata for STB soloists, chorus and orchestra (libretto: from H. W. Longfellow and H. A. Acworth), op. 30; [1894-1896]. Libretto and draft vocal score. See also Add. 49973 A and 63149. Full score published Novello & Co., 1905. Two volumes. British Library bindings.
ELGAR COLLECTION. Vol. XIV, XV. 'The Banner of St George' ballad for chorus and orchestra (words: Shapcott Wensley), op. 33; 1897. Full score and arrangement. See also Add. 47901 A. Two volumes.
ELGAR COLLECTION. Vol. XVII-XIX. 'Caractacus', cantata for STBB soloists, chorus and orchestra (words: H. A. Acworth), op. 35; 1898. See also Add. 47901 A, B, 47902, 49973 B and 49974 D. Three volumes.
Scope & Content:
Harry Arbuthnot Acworth, of the Indian Civil Service: Compositions by E. Elgar based on his libretti: [1894]-1898.