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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/4/14
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: 'Four Ronsard Sonnets' (Set 2), Op. 62. Reduced version
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-59. Autograph score: 'Reduced Version for Chamber Orchestra' [Op. 62a]. In black ink, pp. 1-64 (24-stave paper, 370 x 270 mm). Undated by composer, but annotated as copyright J. & W. Chester 1963, and signed by Berkeley, on p. 1. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 2, 4, 6-7, 12-13, 17-19...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1963
Extent:: 159 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/4/17
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Magnificat, Op. 71 (dyeline copy and annotated 1st Proof)
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-41. Dye-line copy of autograph full score, pp. 1-45, 45-79. Performance annotations in green pencil. (2). ff. 42-66. Corrected 1st Proof of vocal score (J. & W. Chester Ltd., 1968). Incomplete: pp. [1], 3-26. Annotations in pencil, red pencil and blue pencil. For annotated publish...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1968
Extent:: 66 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/4/18
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Una and the Lion, Op. 98
Scope & Content:: Cantata concertante for soprano voice, soprano recorder, viola da gamba and harpsichord. (1) ff. 1-29. Autograph full score, in black ink and blue-black ink (and pencil). Outer bifolium enclosing pp. 1-17. Signed on p. 1, and dated at the end of the score: 'Nov 1978 - Jan 1979'. Ink and pencil s...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1978-1979
Extent:: 47 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/5/7
Title:: Lennox Berkeley: Quintet, op. 90
Scope & Content:: (1). Quintet for oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon and piano, Op. 90: • ff. 1-34. Autograph score, in black ink. Outer bifolium enclosing pp. 1-41 (20-stave paper, 365 x 270 mm). Signed on p. 1, and dated at the end of the score: 'October 1974 - March 1975'. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 4-5, 7, 9, ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1974-1975
Extent:: 125 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/5/8
Title:: Lennox Berkeley: Sonata, Op. 97
Scope & Content:: Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 97: ff. 1-41. Autograph score, in blue ink and black ink. Two outer bifolia enclosing pp. 1-22 (16-stave paper, 365 x 270 mm). Signed on f. 2, and dated at the end of the score: 'Finished 14.VIII.78 / Burton Bradstock'. Dedication to James Galway on f. 2 added in ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1978
Extent:: 64 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/7/1
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various Settings
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-8. 'Three Songs' [Three Early Songs, 1924], for mezzo soprano or tenor voice and piano. Undated copyist score, in black ink, with words added by the composer. Outer paper cover (title and signature) enclosing pp. 1-12 (12-stave paper, 310 x 235 mm): 'D'un Vannair [sic] de blé aux vent...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: [1924]-1953
Extent:: 89 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/7/2
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Settings of Ronsard, Auden, Bridges, De La Mare
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-101. Four Ronsard Sonnets (Set 1), Op. 40. For two tenors and piano: ff. 1-29. Autograph score (original version [1952]), in black ink, some words in blue ink (14-stave paper, 340 x 270 mm). Outer bifolium (with title) enclosing pp. 1-23. Signed on f. 2, and annotated as copyright J. ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: [1952]-1977
Extent:: 133 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/7/3
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various settings
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-71. ‘Autumn’s Legacy / Song Cycle’, Op. 58. The settings are: (I) 'The Mighty Thoughts of an Old World' (Beddoes); (II) 'All Night a Wind of Music' (Beddoes); (III) 'Lesbos' (Durrell); (IV) 'Tonight the Winds Begin to Rise' (Tennyson); (V) 'Hurrahing in Harvest' (Hopkins); (VI) 'Rich ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and French
Date Range:: 1962-1964
Extent:: 119 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1801/7/4
Title:: Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various settings
Scope & Content:: (1). ff. 1-17. 'Counting the Beats', Op. 60, no. 4. For high voice and piano. Words: Robert Graves. Undated autograph score, in black ink with pencil additions (14-stave paper, 340 x 270 mm), pp. [1]-[6]. (ff. 1-11). Signed on f. 1. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 3-5, 7-11. Dyeline copy of anot...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1963-1982
Extent:: 185 folios

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