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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/13
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 28-30
Scope & Content:: 1. 'The Three R's' (op. 28) for primary school orchestra ff.1-32: Autograph draft full score. Pencil and ink on paper. Consists of three pieces, the first dated 5 January 1981, the second signed and dated 4 January 1981 and the third undated. ff.33-90: Fair score in copyist's hand, Indian ink on...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1980-1981
Extent:: 251 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/14
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 31-34
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Canto for Cello' (op. 31) c. ff.1-9: Autograph draft score. Ink and highlighter pen on paper, with annotations and corrections throughout. Signed and dated 21 November 1981 on final page. c. ff.10-19: Autograph fair score, ink on paper. Signed and dated 22 November 1981 on final page. c. ff....
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1981-1986
Extent:: c. 140 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/15
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 35-37
Scope & Content:: 1. 'A Song for Haddi' (op. 35) ff.1-7: Sketches, inks on paper. ff.8-149: Autograph full score. Inks on paper, with annotations and pasted corrections. Signed and dated May 1983. 2. 'A Small Song for Miss Brown' (op. 36) ff.150-152: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Final page ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1983-1984
Extent:: 410 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/16/1
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 38: 'Le Nozze di Cherubino'. Libretto
Scope & Content:: Typed notes and synopsis, with autograph annotations, and an autograph draft manuscript of libretto. Ink on paper.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English and Italian
Date Range:: 1980s
Extent:: 191 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/16/2
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 38: 'Le Nozze di Cherubino'. Score (part 1 of 2)
Scope & Content:: Autograph fair copy of full score, Act I. Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated 26 June 1984 on final page.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1984
Extent:: 155 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/16/3
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 38: 'Le Nozze di Cherubino'. Score (part 2 of 2)
Scope & Content:: ff.1-131: Autograph fair copy of full score, Act II. Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated on final page 'Act I: May 2nd - June 26th, 1984. Act II: Oct. 30th - Dec. 31st, 1984'. ff.132-134: Autograph fair copy of alternative Intermezzo for Act I, scene 7, written for an Amsterdam production in 1986.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1984-1986
Extent:: 134 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/17
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 39-41
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Naaotwa Lalá' (op. 39) for orchestra c. ff.1-23: Autograph full score. Ink on paper, with some pasted corrections. Signed and dated 26 - 27 January 1984 on final page. 2. 'Missa Tiburtina' (op.40) c. ff.24-40: A4 Print of autograph fair score (transparencies are thought not to survive for th...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1984-c 1986
Extent:: c. 169 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/18
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 43 & 45
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Into the Light' (op.43) ff.1-13: Working sketches and note-sets. Pencil, coloured inks and highlighter pens on paper. ff.14-112: Autograph fair score. Inks and pencil on paper with preliminary pages (title page, dedication and introductory notes on commission, first performance and scoring) ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1986
Extent:: 115 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/19
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 44: Nunc Dimittis I for double choir and organ
Scope & Content:: ff.1-14: Autograph draft score, with annotations and sketches. Indian ink and pencil on paper. Signed and dated 14 June 1986 on final page. ff.15-37: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Signed and dated 14 June 1986 on final page.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1986
Extent:: 37 folios

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