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1. Add MS 57486

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Add MS 57486
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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; circa 1736-1954, n.d. Paper; ff. 64. British Library arrangement. A. Letter to 'George' from Philip Arthur Heseltine (the composer 'Peter Warlock'), relating to the proposed publication of his edition of 'Giles Earle. His Booke' (Add. 24665); 21 Aug. 1930. Presented by Mrs Elsie Roberts, 1972. f. 1. 260 x 200mm. B. Letter of General Charles George Gordon, 'Chinese Gordon', to Romulus Gessi, concerning his meeting with Ismail and the period spent as p...
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includes: f. 1 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Letter to George — from Philip Arnold Heseltine: 1930.f. 2 Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB: Letter to R. Gessi from Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon: 1879: With typewritten transcript.f. 14v Art. Photographs: ...
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1700-1954
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 57948

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CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA. Vol. I. Full score; 1964-1965. Ink, with further additions, corrections and printer's annotations in pencil and coloured inks. An earlier version of the ending of the work is deleted. ff. 80. 475 x 330mm. Roberto Gerhard, composer: Concerto for orchestra, full score an...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964-1965
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 57949

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CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRA. Vol. II. Related papers; 1965-1968. ff. 36. 255 x 205mm. 1. ff. 1-2. Letters from Gerhard to John Cruft of the Arts Council concerning the score and associated notes; 1967-1968. Typewritten. 2. ff. 3-36. Notes made for the conductor, Antal Dorati, by the composer, o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1968
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 57977

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Add MS 57977
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KEITH DOUGLAS PAPERS. Vol. XI. Ten letters of Keith Douglas to Margaret Stanley-Wrench; 1938-1943. Partly typewritten and airgraph. Supplementing Add. 53773-53776, 56355-56360, 59833-59835, 60585-60589, 61938 and 61939. For two airgraph letters of Miss Stanley-Wrench to Douglas, 1942, 1943, see Add. 56356, ff. 31, 52. Purchased from Desmond Graham through the Arts Council. Paper; ff. ii+11.
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Keith Castellain Douglas, poet and author; d.1944: Margaret Stanley-Wrench, daughter of Mollie Stanley-Wrench; poet: Letters to Margaret Stanley-Wrench from Keith Castellain Douglas: 1938-1943: Partly typewritten, partly airgraph. includes: ff. i, ii Margaret Stanley-Wrench, daughter of Moll...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938-1943
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 58282

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Add MS 58282
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VERNON SCANNELL: notebook of Vernon Scannell (b.1922), poet, containing poems, many published in Walking Wounded (1965) and Epithets of War (1969); 1963-1967. Mostly autograph drafts, partly fair copies. See Vernon Scannell, New and Collected Poems 1950-1980 (1980). For further Scannell material, see Add. 56071. Purchased from the Arts Council, 11 Oct. 1974. Paper; ff. 67. 200 x 165mm. Bound in maroon boards.
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Vernon Scannell, poet: Notebook containing poems by Vernon Scannell: 1963-1967: Autogr. drafts and fair copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1963-1967
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 69027

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BERNARD STEVENS COLLECTION. Vol. LXXXIV. General correspondence; 1940-1982, n.d. ff. 233. British Library arrangement. Bertha Stevens, wife of Bernard Stevens: Letters to Bertha Stevens: 1949-1984, n.d. includes: f. 1 Gordon Percival Septimus Jacob, composer: Report on B. Stevens as a stude...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1940-1982
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70756

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxx. Vocal and instrumental works; 1980, 1981, n.d. ff. 52. Largest size 348 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘There is Only One Lie’, for mixed chorus and instruments; 1980. Chorus score with instrumental cues sketched in. Ink, with ink and pencil annotations. 2. ff. 3-48. ‘Boola...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1981
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70809 C

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MANDEVILLE PRESS PAPERS. Vol. XXIII C (ff. ). Letters sent to Peter Scupham and John Mole from publishers, companies and organisations: Agenda - Country Life. includes: ff. 1-4 William Cookson, editor, 'Agenda' Magazine & Editions: Agenda; magazine and editions: Letters to Peter Scupham: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1955-1988]
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 71037

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ROYAL MUSICAL ASSOCIATION PAPERS. Vol. xxviii (ff. 219). [Anonymous] – Ayrton. Gerald Ernest Heal Abraham, musicologist: Letters to Royal Musical Association of Gerald Ernest Heal Abraham: 1953-1970: Mostly signed. Emily Anderson, of the Foreign Office; linguist and editor: Letters to Royal Mu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1970
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 72638

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BOULT PAPERS: (SERIES II) Vol. xvii. General correspondence; 1980-1983. ff. 304. Overall size 330 x 217mm. includes: f. 1 Walter P. Sheppard, broadcaster: Letter to Sir A. C. Boult: 1980: Typewritten, signed.f. 2 Sir Colin Rex Davis, conductor: Letters to Sir A. C. Boult: 1963-1980: Autog...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1983
Extent:
1 item