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1. MS Mus. 1476

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1476
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: Smaller choral works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-48. 'Seven Summer Songs' (J322), for young children to play and sing; [1993]. Score. First performed on 18 June 1992, as part of St Magnus Festival, Orkney, by pupils of Burray, Holm, and Papdale primary schools. Published by Chester Music 1995. 2. ff. 49-58. 'Shepherds of Hoy' (J327), c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993-1996
Extent:
ff. 102.

2. MS Mus. 1477

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1477
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse'
Scope & Content:
'Corpus Christi, with Cat and Mouse' (J324), for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1993. A setting of fragments from Richard Hill's 'Commonplace Book', a manuscript in the Library of Balliol College, Oxford. ff. 1-45. Preliminary materials, draft programme notes and correspondence; - ff. 46-71. Draf...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993
Extent:
ff. 109

3. MS Mus. 1478-1480

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1478-1480
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'The Three Kings'
Scope & Content:
'The Three Kings' (J343), for four soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra; 1995. Words by George Mackay Brown, interspersed with fragments of anonymous Latin carols. Commissioned by the London Symphony Chorus and first performed on 15 October 1995 at the Barbican Hall, London. Published by Chester ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
3 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1481-1483

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1481-1483
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Job'
Scope & Content:
'Job' (J353), for four soloists, mixed chorus and chamber orchestra; 1996. Text adapted by David Lemon after Stephen Mitchell's translation of the book of Job. Commissioned by the University of British Columbia. First performed on 11 May 1997 at the Chan Centre for Performing Arts, University of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1996
Extent:
3 volumes

5. MS Mus. 1484

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1484
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Il Rozzo Martello'
Scope & Content:
'Il Rozzo Martello' ['The crude hammer'] (J357), for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1997. Texts from Dante and Michelangelo. Draft score and score. Commissioned by the BBC Singers and first performed on 14 August 1997 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, at the International Musicological Conferenc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1997
Extent:
ff. 40

6. MS Mus. 1485

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1485
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: Choral works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-65. 'Sea Elegy' (J365), for four soloists, mixed chorus and chamber orchestra, words by George Mackay Brown; 1998. Draft score and score. Commissioned by the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and first performed on 3 December 1998 at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh. Published by Chester Music, 2005...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1998-1999
Extent:
ff. 103.

7. MS Mus. 1486

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1486
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Sanday Songs'
Scope & Content:
'Sanday Songs' (J372) ['Songs of Sanday' in Cragg], for children's voices, violins, recorders and percussion, words by Roderick Thorne; 1999. First performed on 21 June 1999 by pupils of Sanday School and members of the Sanday Music group. Includes a letter from Roderick Thorne to Peter Maxwel...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999
Extent:
ff. 151.

8. MS Mus. 1487-1488

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1487-1488
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Mr Emmett takes a Walk'
Scope & Content:
'Mr Emmett takes a Walk' (J380), for three soloists and instrumental ensemble, words by David Pountney; 1999. Commissioned jointly by the St Magnus Festival Orkney, the Psappha ensemble and Musiktheater Transparent, and first performed on 16 June 2000 at the St Magnus Festival, Orkney. Published ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1999]
Extent:
2 volumes

9. MS Mus. 1489

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1489
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: Choral works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-43. 'A Dream of Snow' (J385), for children's chorus, words by George Mackay Brown, from the collection 'Following a lark'; 2000. ff. 1-18. Draft score. The draft is subtitled 'Una Balena Azzura'; - ff. 19-43. Score. Commissioned by Farnham Youth Choir and first performed on 31 March 2001...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2000
Extent:
ff. 147.

10. MS Mus. 1490-1491

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1490-1491
Title:
Peter Maxwell Davies: 'Canticum canticorum'
Scope & Content:
'Canticum canticorum' (J392), for four soloists, mixed chorus and chamber orchestra; 2001. Words from the Latin Vulgate. Commissioned by the International Organ Week, Nüremberg, Germany and first performed on 6 July 2001 in Nüremberg. Published by Chester Music, 2003.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[2001]
Extent:
2 volumes