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1. MS Mus. 1778/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/3/2
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Music for schoolchildren
Scope & Content:
Assorted material, including complete copies of unpublished works written while Birtwistle was a teacher at Cranborne Chase School (1960-1965): (1). ff. 1-6. 'Crescendo e diminuendo 'Nowell Nowell”, a complete short work for wind quintet (flute, oboe, clarinet, cor anglais, bassoon). Frequent ‘...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1965
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1778/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/3/3
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: 5 hardbound music books
Scope & Content:
5 hardbound music manuscript books, likely of nineteenth-century origin; from inscriptions on the spines, the books appear to have been used as partbooks for sacred works at Wardour Castle and Cranborne Chase School, where Birtwistle taught music between 1960-1965. Spare pages, interspersed betw...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1965
Extent:
5 volumes

3. MS Mus. 1778/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/3/1
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Early works
Scope & Content:
Drafts and sketches for various early works, none of which are published. Arranged in approximate chronological order. Some retrospectively signed and roughly dated by the composer. (1). ff. 1-2. ‘Pantomime: Choreographic Sketch for Three Mime Dancers and Unaccompanied Clarinet’, c. 1945. Compl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1945-1955
Extent:
1 volume (23 folios)

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