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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/20
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 46-48
Scope & Content:: 1. 'PP' (op. 46) for chamber orchestra ff.1-5: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Signed on opening page, and dated 1987 in publisher's copyright marking. Performed in Paul Patterson's 40th birthday concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, in autumn 1987. 2. 'Tonos' (op. 47)...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1987
Extent:: 48 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/21
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 49 & 51
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Veni Creator II' (op. 49) for choir and organ ff.1-24: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Signed and dated 16 June 1987 on final page. 2. 'The Coming of Saskia Hawkins' (op. 51) for organ ff.25-31: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Signed and dated 19 May 1...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1987
Extent:: 31 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/22
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 52: 'The Song of Leviathan' for large orchestra
Scope & Content:: Autograph fair copy full score, Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated 28 August 1988 on final page.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1988
Extent:: 126 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/23
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 53-54
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Harmonies of Hell' (op. 53) ff.1-108: Autograph fair score, with word processed preliminary pages (title page, scoring, stage layout diagrams, notes for performers, libretto, details of commission and first performance, and dedication). Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated 13 June 1988 on f...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1988-1989
Extent:: 157 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/24
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 55-56
Scope & Content:: 1. 'No Quiet Place' (op. 55) for voices and instruments ff.1-73: Autograph fair score, with word processed preliminary pages (title page, notes for performers, details of commission, and dedication). Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated 8 November 1989 on final page. 2. 'No Man's Land' (op. 56)...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1989-1990
Extent:: 225 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/25
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 57: 'Circle of Silence' for six solo voices
Scope & Content:: ff.1-167: Autograph draft score. Pencil and inks on paper, with printed stage diagram inside front cover. Signed and dated 2 May 1991 on final page. ff.168-220: Autograph fair score. Indian ink on paper, with word processed preliminary pages (details of commisssion and first performance, notes to...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1991
Extent:: 220 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/26
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 59-62
Scope & Content:: 1. 'The Song of the Tortoise' (op. 59) for narrator, choir, children's voices and small orchestra ff.1-209: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on paper. Signed and dated 3 September 1992 on final page. 2. 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60) for voice and seven instruments ff.210-244: Autograph f...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1992-1994
Extent:: 290 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/27
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op.63 & 65-68
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Goodnight, Sweet Ladies' (op. 63) for soprano and piano ff.1-13: Autograph draft score, incomplete. Inks and pencil on paper. Contains I.'Your true love' and the majority of II.'St Valentine's day'. ff.14-56: Typeset full score, signed on both opening and final pages. Word-processed preface ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1994-1995
Extent:: 178 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/28
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 70: 'The Silent Land'
Scope & Content:: ff.1-4: Sketches, ink on paper. ff.5-83: Autograph full score, with annotations and some pasted corrections. Pencil and inks on paper. Signed and dated 1 May 1996 on final page.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1996
Extent:: 83 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1808/2/29
Title:: Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 71, 75-76/76a & 84
Scope & Content:: 1. 'Ophelia Drowning' (op. 71) ff.1-3: Early sketches, pencil and coloured inks on paper. ff.4-15: Working sketches, pencil on paper. Title page is dated 7 - 10 October 1996. ff.16-111: Draft full score, with annotations and sketches. Manuscript flute part alongside pasted typeset chorus parts. ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1996-2000
Extent:: 194 folios

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