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1. Add MS 52525-52535

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Add MS 52525-52535
Title:
Musical compositions of Sir Edward Elgar
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Mostly bearing original ink foliations.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1928
Extent:
13 volumes

2. Add MS 52526

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Add MS 52526
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'May-song', piano solo
Scope & Content:
1901, with later annotations. Annotation by Elgar on the title-page (f. 1) referring to an arrangement for violin and piano.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

3. Add MS 52530 A

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Add MS 52530 A
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Starlight Express', op. 78. Volume 1
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (66 folios)

4. Add MS 52530 A-C

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Add MS 52530 A-C
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Starlight Express', op. 78
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, in three acts, for the play by Violet Pearn based on A Prisoner in Fairyland, 1913, by Algernon Blackwood. Dated Dec. 1915 (Add MS 52530 C, f. 120). Full score. First performed at the Kingsway Theatre, London, 29 Dec. 1915.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
3 volumes

5. Add MS 52530 B

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Add MS 52530 B
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Starlight Express', op. 78. Volume 2
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (i + 146 folios)

6. Add MS 52530 C

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Add MS 52530 C
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Starlight Express', op. 78. Volume 3
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (120 folios)

7. Add MS 52531

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Add MS 52531
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Fight for the (cancelled) Right'
Scope & Content:
Words by William Morris from 'Sigurd the Volsung', beginning 'When thou hearest the fool rejoicing'. Written for Gervase Elwes, for the Fight for Right Movement.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

8. Add MS 52533

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Add MS 52533
Title:
Edward Elgar: Ballet, 'The Sanguine Fan', op. 81
Scope & Content:
Libretto by Ina Lowther, inspired by a fan decorated in sanguine by Charles Conder. Full score. First performed at Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, as part of the revue, 'Chelsea on Tiptoe', 20 Mar. 1917. Cancelled earlier version of f. 12 on f. 1v.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (i + 109 folios)

9. Add MS 52534

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Add MS 52534
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Prince of Sleep. Part-Song for Mixed Voices'
Scope & Content:
'Napleton [Grange, Kempsey, co. Worc.] July 22nd. 1925' (f. 9). Words by Walter De La Mare, begins 'I met at eve'. Vocal score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)