VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVI (ff. 66). Sketches and drafts, mostly in full score. Autograph. (1) Musical examples for programme notes. ff. 1-3;- (2) First movement. Sketches. The autograph piano score is Add. MS. 63073. ff. 4-9;- (3) Second movement:- (a) Rough short score. Imperfect. ...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XVI, XVII. Symphony no. 8 in D minor; composed 1953-1955. First performed at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, 2 May 1956. Full score published 1956. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 235-40; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 188-9, and 1963, pp. 390-8. The final autograph full score is Add. MS. 57338. Further sketches are in 50390, ff. 9b-12.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVII (ff. 36). Rough full scores. Autograph. (1) First movement. Imperfect at the beginning and end. ff. 1-9b;- (2) Fourth movement:- (a) Individual leaves. ff. 10-15;- (b) Full score, marked 'Old Copy discarded'. ff. 16-34b. Large folio. includes: f. 82 Wi...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XVIII-XXIV. Symphony no. 9 in E minor; composed 1956-1957, but later revised. First performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 2 Apr. 1958. Full score published 1958. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 246-52; Dickinson, 1962, pp. 189-91; 1963, pp. 398-410. See also Add. MS. 65188, ff. 15-16.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII A (ff. 17). (1) Sketches of the accompaniment to part of Bach's St Matthew Passion. Short score. Includes (f. 10) remarks beg. 'The masque is a typically English institution'. See also Add. MSS. 70631, 72074. ff. 2-12;- (2) Setting of Psalm 85: 10-13, to ...
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII B (ff. 17). (1) Opening and end. ff. 2-9b;- (2) Third movement. Opening and (f. 16b) the 'Cats' Choral', etc. ff. 10-17b.
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XVIII C (ff. 17). (1) Opening, etc. ff. 2-9b;- (2) Third movement. Sketches and opening fugue, marked (f. 12b) 'Fair copy'. Includes (f. 12) five bars of the second movement. ff. 10-15b.