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4371. MS Mus. 1908

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1908
Title:
Two Photographs of Igor Stravinsky
Scope & Content:
Two enlarged black and white photographs of Igor Stravinsky: (1). Stravinsky, in hat and coat, sat outdoors on a bench located in The Rheinsprung, Basel, Switzerland. September 1930. Identifying information on the verso of the photograph. The photograph is mounted, without borders, and appears ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:

1 file

4372. MS Mus. 1909

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1909
Title:
John Foulds: Programmes and leaflet for performances of 'A World Requiem' (Opus 60)
Scope & Content:
(1). 1923. Printed programme for the first performance of John Foulds, 'A World Requiem' (Opus 60). Royal Albert Hall, 11 November, 1923. Conductor: John Foulds. The programme includes a photographic portrait of Foulds, a brief introduction, and the words of the Requiem drawn from a variety of s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1923-1926
Extent:
1 file

4373. MS Mus. 1911

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1911
Title:
Manuel de Falla: Le Tricorne
Scope & Content:
El sombrero de tres picos (The Three-Cornered Hat or Le tricorne) is a ballet choreographed by Léonide Massine to music by Manuel de Falla. It was commissioned by Sergei Diaghilev and premiered in 1919. Full score in the hand of copyist Gaston Roy, with conductor's markings by Norman Del Mar. T...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 volume

4374. MS Mus. 1912

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1912
Title:
Autograph Album of Marie Ganz
Scope & Content:
Album belonging to Marie Ganz, sister of conductor and composer Wilhelm Ganz (1833-1914). In places within, Marie Ganz is referred to as Mary Ganz. The front fly-leaf is signed by Marie Ganz and dated 1885. The first item is dated 1854. The album contains, pasted-in and loosely inserted, a vari...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1854-1885
Extent:
1 file

4375. MS Mus. 1913

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1913
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Conclusion to 'Echo's Lament for Narcissus', in the hand of David Matthews
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1. Two bars of SATB score (ink) in the hand of composer David Matthews, written as the conclusion to 'Echo's Lament for Narcissus' by Ralph Vaughan Williams. The conclusion was commissioned by the Vaughan Williams Estate to complete the original score which lacked an ending....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2007
Extent:
1 file

4376. MS Mus. 1914

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1914
Title:
Benjamin Dale, 'Before the Paling of the Stars'
Scope & Content:
'Before the Paling of the Stars: A Christmas Hymn for Voices and Orchestra', by Benjamin Dale. Words by Christina Rossetti. Signed and bound autograph full score. Annotated in pencil on front flyleaf: 'Novello & Co, Wardour St, Soho, W1'. On the verso of the flyleaf, the orchestration is li...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1912]
Extent:
Bound volume

4377. MS Mus. 1915

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1915
Title:
Kate Winter: Correspondence and Concert Programmes
Scope & Content:
The material comprises: various letters received by the soprano Kate Winter; a mounted photograph of a commemorative plate presented to Henry Wood (1933) signed by many soloists including Winter; and a collection of programmes, largely for BBC Promenade Concerts (including two concerts in which ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927-1956
Extent:
1 file

4378. MS Mus. 1916

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1916
Title:
Roll Call of the Members of a London Orchestra (1795)
Scope & Content:
Manuscript list of the entire membership of an orchestra, dated 18 January 1795. The list, in three columns, is headed 'Mr Cramer' (suggesting that the event was probably under the direction of Wilhelm Cramer). The surnames of all the players are listed, together with their pay (for most, 1 Gui...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1795
Extent:

1 file (one folio)

4379. MS Mus. 1918

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1918
Title:
Annotated proofs and printed scores of works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, from the archive of Oxford University Press
Scope & Content:
CATALOGUING IN PROGRESS. Please contact for further information.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
50 volumes

4380. MS Mus. 1919

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1919
Title:
3 letters from William Hayman Cummings
Scope & Content:
3 letters from the tenor, organist and musicologist, William Hayman Cummings: ff. 1-2. 14 November 1864. To an unidentified correspondent listing operatic excerpts in Cummings's repertoire and regarding his forthcoming travel from Scotland to Liverpool. Letters to 'Schloesser', thought to be the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1864-1911
Extent:
1 file (6 folios)

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