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1. MS Mus. 1591

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1591
Title:
My Ladye Nevells Booke
Scope & Content:
William Byrd (b. circa 1540, d.1623): ‘My Ladye Nevells Booke’, a collection of music for keyboard; 1591. In the hand of John Baldwin, with small, possibly autograph, corrections. Written in ink throughout, on six-line staves, in a calligraphic hand. The manuscript contains 42 numbered pieces fo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1591
Extent:
1 item

2. MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/11/3
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Notebook 3
Scope & Content:
The notebook (undated) contains notes, in ink and in pencil, for several works, as follows: Koanga: 'Calinda dance' (f. 97); 'Quintette' (f. 98); 'Entracte to 3rd Act Koanga' (f. 104); and a two-page description (in English) of the 'Prelude to III Act' (ff. 123v-124, notebook inverted and revers...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1895]-[?1907]
Extent:
1 notebook (folios 97-124)

3. MS Mus. 1745/2/13/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1745/2/13/4
Title:
Frederick Delius (Beecham Accession): Cynara; Songs of Sunset; Fennimore and Gerda
Scope & Content:
(1). Cynara: sketches and drafts Threlfall, III/5. (a) ff. 1-24. A green Boosey & Hawkes' Manilla Cover housing various sketches and a voice/piano reduction by Eric Fenby: f. i. Front cover inscribed 'Cynara' by Sir Thomas Beecham. ff. 1-12. Six manuscript strips and fragments, lettered (a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1906-[1929]
Extent:
1 file (i + 192 folios)