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4381. MS Mus. 1921

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1921
Title:
Transcriptof correspondence from Geraldine Farrar to a fan
Scope & Content:
Transcript of, and notes relating to, correspondence from soprano Geraldine Farrar to a fan, Harold Burro, spanning 47 years. ff. i-ii: Description from sale catalogue.ff. 1-230: Transcription of letters on loose foolscap folios, typed with occasional handwritten annotations. Includes introducti...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1967
Extent:
1volume (ii + 237 folios)

4382. MS Mus. 1922

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1922
Title:
Elisabeth Lutyens: Two versions of the libretto for Isis and Osiris, one annotated
Scope & Content:
Elisabeth Lutyens material dating from c.1969: (1) ff. xx: Libretto for the opera Isis and Osiris, typed, bound. Libretto by Lutyens after Plutarch. (2) ff. xx: Earlier draft libretto for Isis and Osiris, typed, loose. With extensive annotations and insertions by Lutyens in pink and black biro...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1970
Extent:
1 volume

4383. MS Mus. 1924

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1924
Title:
Kaikhosru Sorabji: proofs of Opus Clavicembalisticum, together with related material
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Opus Clavicembalisticum: (1) ff. xx: Corrected proofs of the score, in advance of publication by J. Curwen and Sons Ltd., reference 9009021. Proofs stamped 11 Jul 1931; some folios are individually dated in pencil. Includes extensive annotation in pen in English and German....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1931-1988
Extent:
1 volume

4384. MS Mus. 1925

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1925
Title:
Letter from Edward Elgar to Ignace Paderewski, together with concert programmes and other material relating to Elgar
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Edward Elgar, collected by John Morrison. (1). ff. 1-5. Letter from Elgar to Ignace Paderewski, dated 29 August 1915 and concerning permission to use a musical quotation from Paderewski's Fantasie Polonaise in Elgar's Polonia. Also includes a typed transcription (f. 3), descr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1980
Extent:
1 file (18 folios + 5 concert programmes)

4385. MS Mus. 1926

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926
Title:
Manuscript material belonging to Michael Tippett and Francesca Allinson
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1926/1. Michael Tippett: 'Fantasy Sonata', autograph manuscript MS Mus. 1926/2. Manuscript material relating to an unpublished book on English folk-song by Francesca Allinson MS Mus. 1926/3. Ephemera relating to Michael Tippett and Francesca Allinson This collection was donated by Ki...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s-1955
Extent:
3 files

4386. MS Mus. 1926/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/1
Title:
Michael Tippett: ‘Fantasy Sonata’, autograph manuscript
Scope & Content:
‘Fantasy Sonata for piano solo', by Sir Michael Tippett. Described as 'op. 4' by the composer on the front cover. Autograph manuscript in black ink with some amendments in pencil. Pages numbered 1-38, with the title-page detached. Dated 1 June 1938 at the end of the piece. The work was first p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

4387. MS Mus. 1926/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/2
Title:
Manuscript material relating to an unpublished book on English folk-song by Francesca Allinson
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-85. Draft typescript of Francesca Allinson’s unpublished book on folk song, 'The Irish Contribution to English Traditional Tunes', starting from chapter 3 (chapters 1 and 2 are not present). A note on the front states: ‘First Version. This went to O. U. P. It is dead.' Contains numero...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume (in two parts of 85 folios and 45 folios)

4388. MS Mus. 1926/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/3
Title:
Ephemera relating to Michael Tippett and Francesca Allinson
Scope & Content:
(1). Postcard featuring a photograph of Francesca Allinson (2). Print of a drawing of Michael Tippett made by Karl Hawker and sent to Cyril and Veronica Allinson, Christmas 1965. (3). Programme for a performance of The Midsummer Marriage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 27 January 1955...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 volume (3 items)

4389. MS Mus. 1927

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1927
Title:
Letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams to Judith Serota concerning a performance of Job together with related concert programme and photographs
Scope & Content:
Letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams to Judith Serota (addressed, incorrectly, to 'Lady Serota') concerning a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Job: A Masque for Dancing and also funding for music in schools. Dated 23 September 1994. Four photographs of Ursula Vaughan Williams at a rehearsal...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994
Extent:
1 letter, 1 concert programme, 4 photographs

4390. MS Mus. 1936

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1936
Title:
Two letters from Michael Tippett to Trevor Harvey
Scope & Content:
Two letters from Michael Tippett to the conductor Trevor Harvey. Both sent from Parkside, Corsham, Wiltshire. One dated 26 February 1962 and the other undated. Concerning a performance of the 'Ritual Dances' from The Midsummer Marriage and a proposed cut to the music.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960s
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

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