TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xiv, xv. 'A Song of Liberty', for chorus and orchestra (words, William Blake, from 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'); 1937. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xvi, xvii. Sonata no. 1 for piano, originally called 'Fantasy Sonata'; 1938, 1954. Partly copy and printed. First published 1942; revised version published 1954. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xix, xx. 'Seven at one Stroke', play for children (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1939. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Christopher Fry, dramatist: Musical works by Sir M. K. Tippett , to words by Christopher Fry: 1930-1939.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xxiv, xxv. Alternative finale for 'Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles', later discarded in favour of a revised version of the original finale; 1948. See also Add. 61767. Two volumes. 365 x 270mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvii. 'Words for Music Perhaps', for speaking voices and chamber ensemble (words by W.B. Yeats); 1960. Commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 8 June 1960. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xxxiv-liii. Numbered notebooks, containing sketches and notes for musical compositions and drafts of libretti, texts and articles; 1939-1969, n.d. The articles were mostly published in Moving into Aquarius (1959, rev. 1974), Music of the Angels (1980) and Tippett on Music (Oxford, 1995). Twenty volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. liv-lxv. Unnumbered notebooks, containing sketches and notes for musical compositions and drafts of libretti and other writings; 1946-1991. Twelve volumes.
QUILTER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. i-ii. ‘Reduced score’; circa 1920. A heavily used score, with many markings by conductors in pencil and blue and red crayon. Ownership stamps of Elkin & Co. Ltd. on Add. 72086, f. 1 and 72087, f. i. Two volumes. Various paginations in pencil and blue crayon. Principal size 360 x 265mm.
PANUFNIK COLLECTION. Vols. ii-iii. Piano Trio, op. 1; originally composed 1934, re-constructed 1945, production materials 1989. Dedicated ‘To the memory of my Mother’ [Matylda Panufnik, née Thonnes]. For the earliest version of this work (1934), see CM, p.36. Published as Trio na fortepian, skrzypce i wiolonczele in Krakow, 1950 and in London, 1990. Three volumes.
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Matylda Panufnik, née Thonnes; mother of Andrzej Panufnik: Works by Andrzej Panufnik dedicated to 'the memory of my mother': 1923, 1934.
PANUFNIK COLLECTION. Vols. x-xi. ‘Hommage à Chopin’, five vocalises for soprano and piano; 1949-1966. Commissioned by UNESCO to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Chopin’s death. A later version for flute and string orchestra was composed to celebrate the Polish Millennium in 1966. Published as Suita Polska in Krakow, 1949 and in London, 1955. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin, composer: Andrzej Panufnik's 'Hommage à Chopin' written to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Chopin's death: 1949-1966.