VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. CXIII, CXIV. 'An Oxford Elegy', for speaker, small chorus and small orchestra. Words adapted from Mathew Arnold, The Scholar Gipsy and Thyrsis. Autograph. First performed privately at The White Gates, Dorking, 20 Nov. 1949. First public performance at The Queen's College, Oxford, 19 June 1952. Vocal score published 1952. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 198-9; Dickinson, 1963. pp. 464-5.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXIV A (ff. 18). Rough full score. Imperfect, by the loss of two folios between f. 16b and f. 17 and of four or more folios at its end.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXIV B (ff. ii+23). Full score. Annotated at the end (f. 22b) by the conductors of the first Oxford and London performances, Bernard Rose, 19 June 1952, and John Churchill, 22 Mar. 1953. A further autograph full score is in the Bodleian Library. Large folio. ...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXV (ff. 14). 'The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune', arranged for chorus, congregation, orchestra and organ; completed Feb. 1953. Vocal score (ff. 1-3b) and full score (ff. 5-14). Autograph. First performed in Westminster Abbey at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II,...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXVI (ff. 18). 'Te Deum and Benedictus set to . . . Metrical Psalm Tunes for unison . . . or mixed voices with accompaniment of Organ, Harmonium or Pianoforte' (ff. 2). Vocal score. Autograph. Published 1954. Kennedy, 1982, p. 229. In notebook.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXVII (ff. 157). 'Hodie' ('This Day'), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor and baritone, chorus, boys' voices, and orchestra; 1953-1954. Full score. Latin. Autograph. No. XII, 'Hymn' (ff. 90-102), is a later addition on larger paper. First performed at the Thr...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXVIII A, B. 'Sun, Moon, Stars, and Man', four songs for unison voices with strings and/or piano, based on the cantata, 'The Sons of Light'. Words by Ursula Vaughan Williams. Full scores. Autograph, with the printed piano part cut out and pasted in. First performed at the Town Hall, Birmingham, 11 Mar. 1955. Vocal score published 1954. Kennedy, 1982, p. 203.