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4251. MS Mus. 1870

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1870
Title:
Letters and a poem from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Eva Hornstein and others
Scope & Content:
f. 1. Poem by Ralph Vaughan Williams written to Eva Hornstein. For a transcription, see Michael Kennedy, The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, OUP, 1964, pp. 380-381. ff. 2-xx. Letters and cards from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Dates in square brackets are from the Vaughan Williams Letters Database ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
ca 1951-1958
Extent:

1 volume

4252. MS Mus. 1872

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1872
Title:
Sketchbook containing drawings of musicians, made by by 'P. Arnold'
Scope & Content:
Bound volume with 'Celebrities' written on the front and the name 'P. Arnold'. Inside are pencil and ink sketches of various conductors and musicians, drawn while they were visiting Liverpool, Blackpool and Lytham St Annes between 1944 and 1951. Some sketches are signed and most are dated with a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1951
Extent:
1 volume (i + 54 folios)

4253. MS Mus. 1873

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1873
Title:
Letters from Steve Martland to Roger Wright
Scope & Content:
28 letters and postcards from the composer Steve Martland to Roger Wright. All date from Wright's time as director of the British Music Information Centre, with the majority from 1983 and 1984 and another four from 1985 and 1986. The often lengthy letters discuss, among other things: pieces bein...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-2012
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

4254. MS Mus. 1874

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1874
Title:
Letters from Keith Hardwick to Sir John and Heather Boreham
Scope & Content:
13 letters from EMI chief sound engineer, Keith Hardwick, to Sir John and Heather Boreham about various matters, including Hardwick's work at EMI and on the Historic Recordings series. The original order has been retained and this appears to be chronological, although not all are fully dated. Th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989?-1994
Extent:
1 folder (24 folios)

4255. MS Mus. 1875

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1875
Title:
Arthur Jacobs: notes for a discography of Henry Wood
Scope & Content:
Notes, correspondence and other research materials relating to the compilation of the discography of Sir Henry Wood that appears in the book Henry J. Wood: maker of the Proms (Methuen, 1994) by Arthur Jacobs. The papers were originally deposited in eight folders and this arrangement has been ret...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 1990s
Extent:
1 box (4 folders)

4256. MS Mus. 1876

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1876
Title:
Letters and postcards from Ursula Vaughan Williams to Porter Kier
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-28. 21 letters and cards from Ursula Vaughan Williams to Porter Kier, with some addressed to 'Porter and Mary'. Most discuss performances of, and books relating to, the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, as well as personal travel plans and Ursula's appearance on WETA radio, Washington, in 1...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-2009
Extent:
1 volume (48 folios)

4257. MS Mus. 1879

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1879
Title:
Letters from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Denis Dowling
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-8. 8 letters from Ralph Vaughan Williams to the singer, Denis Dowling concerning his engagement in various performances, including Mendelssohn’s Elijah and Vaughan Williams’s The Bridal Day. Dates, where not specifically stated on the letter, have been taken from ‘The Letters of Ralph Vaugh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1938-1997
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

4258. MS Mus. 1888

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1888
Title:
Roger Quilter: 'Wind from the South'
Scope & Content:
'Wind from the South'. Music: Roger Quilter. Words: John Irvine. Autograph score in black ink for piano and voice. Written on the title-page (top right): 'Harold Child, 1936'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 file

4259. MS Mus. 1889

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1889
Title:
Henry R. Bishop: 'Grand Triumphal Ode'
Scope & Content:
Bound holograph full score in black ink. Folios i-iv and 1-54. Dated 1821 on f. 54, together with the name of the scribe, H. I. Goodwin, at the foot of the page. f. i. Title: 'Grand / Triumphal Ode / In Honour of the Anniversary of / His most gracious Majesty's / Accession to the Throne / Janua...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1821
Extent:
1 volume

4260. MS Mus. 1890

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1890
Title:
Scores for British Transport Films
Scope & Content:
Autograph scores for the following British Transport Films (with one exception): (1). 'Berth 24' (1950), score by John Greenwood. (2). 'Open House' (1951), score by Edward Williams. (3). 'Brief City' (1951), score by Clifton Parker. Film produced by Richard Massingham for The Observer (1952)....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1977
Extent:
8 files

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