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3451. MS Mus. 1808/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/15
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 50-53
Scope & Content:
Work-book 50: Dated 21 March 1991 - 14 August 1991. ff.1-4: Notes on 'The song of the tortoise' (op. 59), and unidentified notes on tuning. ff.7-25v: Detailed sketches for 'Circle of silence' (op. 57). ff.25v-67v: Sketches for 'Zebra music' (op. 58) and String quartet no. 3 (op. 61) (ff.59v-63)....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991-1992
Extent:
4 volumes

3452. MS Mus. 1808/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/16
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 54-57
Scope & Content:
Work-book 54: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 55. ff.1-43: Draft score of 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60), dated 4 February 1993. ff.43v-49: Rough draft score of fugal passage from 'The Owl and the Pu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1993-1994
Extent:
4 volumes

3453. MS Mus. 1808/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/17
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 58-61
Scope & Content:
Work-book 58: Dated 19 August 1994 onwards, no end date. ff.1-52: Sketches for 'Fiddlesticks' (op. 65) (ff.5 & 28-52) with various other sketches, some unidentified. Includes settings of texts from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Nine Lives' for clarinet and pian...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1997
Extent:
4 volumes

3454. MS Mus. 1808/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/18
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 62-64
Scope & Content:
Work-book 62: Dated 1 February 1997 onwards, no end date. ff.1-53: Sketches for 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes early ideas for 'HAVOC' (op. 83) (ff.18v-21, 29v-30, & 52v-53); a brief sketch and note on the completion of 'Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot' (op. 74) (f.22v); and a diary...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1997-1998
Extent:
3 volumes

3455. MS Mus. 1808/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/19
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 65-67
Scope & Content:
Work-book 65: Dated 12 September 1998 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'HAVOC' (op. 83), with sketches and draft score for 'The Two Nowells' (op. 77 no. 2) (ff.76 & 90v-91v). Also includes general notes and pasted mementos, drawings, photographs and recital flyer. Work-book 66: Dated 2 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1998-1999
Extent:
3 volumes

3456. MS Mus. 1808/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/20
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 68-70
Scope & Content:
Work-book 68: Dated 14 August 1999 onwards, no end date. ff.1-3: Text of 'Perturbèd spirit' (op. 85), and crossed-out sketch setting poem beginning 'Darlink, you are wonderful'. ff.4-21: Draft score of 'Epilogue' of movement 5 of 'HAVOC' (op. 83). ff.22-38: Sketches and general notes, including ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999-2001
Extent:
3 volumes

3457. MS Mus. 1808/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/21
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 71-73
Scope & Content:
Work-book 71: Dated 23 January 2001 onwards, no end date. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 70. Sketches, notes and draft score for Act I of 'Hamlet'. Also contains noted ideas for opera subjects (f.5v); a rejected idea for a setting of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Ea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
3 volumes

3458. MS Mus. 1808/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/22
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 74-76
Scope & Content:
Work-book 74: Dated 6 May 2001 onwards, no end date. ff.1-29: Sketches and draft score of 'Mancanza' (op. 86). ff.29v-65: Sketches and structural notes for 'The murder of Gonzago' (op. 87), with draft score of 10th movement 'The Triumph of Evil'. ff.65v-85: Sketches and general notes, some unide...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001-c 2003
Extent:
3 volumes

3459. MS Mus. 1808/1/23

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/23
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 77-79
Scope & Content:
Work-book 77: Dated 12 February 2004 onwards, no end date. ff.1-26: Sketches and draft score of 'Stabat mater' (op. 95), preceded by a series of mode charts. ff.26v-31: Draft score for 'It's a guy thing', a song written with disabled teenagers from The Orpheus Project. ff.31v-75: Sketches and se...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2004-c 2005
Extent:
3 volumes

3460. MS Mus. 1808/1/24

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/24
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 80-82A
Scope & Content:
Work-book 80: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. ff.1-3: General notes, including drafted text for a carol titled 'A small world'; and a list of wind band instrumentation. ff.3v-17: Sketches for 'Sinfonietta concertante' (op. 104), dated 23 November 2005. Also ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005-2008
Extent:
4 volumes

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