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3211. MS Mus. 1774/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/9
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to 24 Hours in TT Scale (Op. 156)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-47. 'Programme Notes', and typed and autograph words (by Arnell) (2). ff. 48-70. Sketch material (pencil) and related notes. (The music is attributed to Arnell and David Hewson.) (3). f. 71. Correspondence: a single letter (from Laurence Pollinger Ltd.).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:

71 folios

3212. MS Mus. 1774/8/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/10
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes relating to Con Amore (Op. 160)
Scope & Content:
In the main, letters from Pamela Cook (Director, Cantamus Girls' Choir), and some letters from East Midland Arts relating to the commission. Includes a copy letter (13 February 1989) from Arnell to Bryan [Guinness]: 'I should like to incorporate the setting I did of your poem "The Summer is Comin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1993
Extent:

35 folios

3213. MS Mus. 1774/8/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/11
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to concerts at Tadcaster, including a recital by Moura Lympany
Scope & Content:
(1). Material relating to a recital by Moura Lympany at Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster, 14 September, 1990. Includes: draft press release, small poster, concert programme, newspaper reports (photocopied) and various notes by Arnell. The press release notes: 'A contribution will be made from the proc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1990
Extent:
1 file

3214. MS Mus. 1774/8/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/12
Title:
Richard Arnell: Sketch material and related matter for String Quartet No. 6 (Op. 170)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-2. Two letters on Cheltenham International Festival of Music headed paper (20 August and 4 October 1991), inviting Arnell to write a new string quartet for the Cheltenham Festival (1992), in celebration of his 75th birthday. The letters appear to be from (signature obscure) Sir John Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1992
Extent:

86 folios

3215. MS Mus. 1774/8/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/13
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and rough notes relating to Xanadu (Op. 175)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-26. Rough notes about the composition (1992-93). (2). ff. 27-82. Correspondence and publicity. Includes original proposal (to set Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan' for mixed chorus, keyboard and tape). Various letters, including several from Michael Kibblewhite (Musical Director, Harlow Ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1993
Extent:

86 folios

3216. MS Mus. 1774/8/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/14
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to music to accompany the silent film The Drifters
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to a project with David Hewson to develop a score to be performed live to accompany a showing of the silent documentary film The Drifters (John Grierson, 1929) at the Norwich Film Festival, 16 October 1994. However, despite considerable work on the project, the performance did no...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-1994
Extent:

104 folios

3217. MS Mus. 1774/8/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/15
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to 'Big Bird' (Coleridge, 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner')
Scope & Content:
Draft proposal and preliminary papers, including some sketch material, for a work based upon Coleridge, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. In his draft proposal (1995), Arnell writes: 'In 1991, I was invited to compose for the Harlow Chorus and I chose the "Mariner" but quickly realised it was t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991-1995
Extent:

35 folios

3218. MS Mus. 1774/8/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/16
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and papers relating to various works
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-12. Libretto (annotated cue sheet) for Moonflowers (Op. 83), a mixture of typed and autograph sheets (pp. 1-11). With original file-front annotated by Arnell. (2). ff. 13-22. Letters from the Canadian poet Ralph Gustafson with the following dates: 8 July 1994; 4 December 1994; 15 Febru...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1999
Extent:

95 folios

3219. MS Mus. 1774/8/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/17
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to Boudicca
Scope & Content:
Various papers relating to Boudicca, an operatic oratorio ('a music theatre piece') for three voices. Music by Arnell with David Hewson. Libretto by Reggie Oliver. A large body of material, including libretto drafts, sketch material, correspondence and research notes. The material remains in its...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1998-2002
Extent:

288 folios

3220. MS Mus. 1774/8/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/18
Title:
Richard Arnell: Concert programmes relating to Ode to Beecham (Op. 154)
Scope & Content:
(1). Concert programme, 24 September 1986. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Fairfield Halls, Croydon. (2). 40th Anniversary season programme, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, 1986.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1986
Extent:
2 programmes

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