Sir Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for violin and chamber orchestra, Op. 59
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(1). ff. 1-44. Autograph full score, in black ink and pencil (title-page and pp. 1-56). Signed and dated (copyright 1961) on f. 2r. Dedicated to Yehudi Menuhin. Includes pasted-down corrections: ff. 3, 8, 9 (two corrections), ff. 15, 20, 21 (two corrections), ff. 23, 25, 32, 38, 39 (two correctio...
Bound autograph piano and vocal score (Act I only), in blue ink, pp. 1-82. Signed on p. 1. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 2 (whole page), 5-6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17-19, 22-26, 28, 30, 32, 53, 59, 62-64.
Vocal scores and autograph full score (dated 1954). Libretto: Alan Pryce-Jones. First performance (concert reading): London, Wigmore Hall, 14 February 1953. English Opera Group Association, introduced by the librettist and directed by the composer. Piano, Robert Keys. First staged performance:...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson (dyeline copy of complete vocal score)
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Bound dyeline copy of complete vocal score in a copyist's hand (Chester's Circulating Music Library), 235 ff. (pp. 1-467). Unmarked except in pencil on ff. 1, 82v-88 (struck-through), and 153v-154v (also struck-through).
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Acts I and II (dyeline copy)
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Dyeline copy of manuscript vocal score (copyist's hand), Acts I and II only. Chester Library copy (bound, brown paper covers), 105 ff. (pp. 1-210. Occasional markings in blue ink, with the name of 'Frederick Sharp' in pencil on f. 1.
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson: Act I (autograph full score)
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Bound autograph full score for Act I. In blue ink (and pencil), pp. 1-175. Stamped: 'Chester Library'. Several pages (unnumbered) and part-pages have been occluded by pasted-down plain paper. There are pasted-down corrections to the score: ff. 3, 19-20, 35, 37, 39-40, 44-45, 47, 51-52, 76, 78, ...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Act II (autograph full score)
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Bound autograph full score (undated) for Act II. In blue ink (and pencil), pp. 1-90 (Scene 1) and pp. 1-59 (Scene 2) which includes a second and revised p. 49 in black ink. Volume stamped: 'Chester Library'. Includes pasted-down corrections to the score as follows: Scene 1, ff. 2-3, 18, 23, 25,...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Act III (autograph full score)
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Bound autograph full score (undated) for Act III. In blue ink (and pencil and red pencil), pp. 1-154. Volume stamped: 'J. & W. Chester Ltd'. Dated at the end of the work: 'Full score finished 31.VII.54'. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 4, 6, 8, 14-15, 21, 23-28, 30-33, 36, 38, 44-47, 58, 61-6...