MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xv. ‘The Boy Friend’. Pencil full scores; n.d. Seven numbers, only one of which, ‘A Room in Bloomsbury’, appears to have been used in the Suite. ff. 74. 370 x 270mm.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xvi. ‘Blind Man’s Buff’ (J106), masque, for soprano, mezzo soprano and orchestra (words by the composer after nursery rhymes and Büchner’s Leonce und Lena); 1972. Published Chester Music, 1981. ff. 26. 370 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-17. Composition charts, sketches and ...
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xvii. ‘Miss Donnithorne’s Maggot’ (J121), for soprano and instrumental ensemble (words, Randolph Stow); Jan. 1974. Ink full score. Prefaced by a copy of Stow’s historical note and of the libretto, both in the composer’s hand. A facsimile of this manuscript publis...
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xviii. ‘The Martyrdom of St Magnus’ (J143), chamber opera (words, the composer after George Mackay Brown), for solo voices and instrumental ensemble; [1976]. Libretto, in pencil. Score published Boosey & Hawkes, 1977. See also Add. 71270. ff. 10. 410 x 375mm...
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xix. ‘The Well’. Sketches and drafts; n.d. ff. 26. Various sizes. 1. ff. 2-21. Pencil draft in condensed score. 2. ff. 22-25. Draft programme notes on ‘Lullabye for Lucy’ (J179), ‘The Well’, and concert arrangement of tenor arias from ‘The Martyrdom of St. Mag...
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xxi. ‘Le Jongleur de Notre Dame’. Draft full score; 1977. In pencil, annotated in crayon and coloured inks, and with instructions to, and questions by, a copyist. Marked ‘First Score’ (f. 5), and dated Bunertoon, 28 Dec. 1977 (f. 59). With notes, partly photocopy...
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. xxi, xxii. ‘Le Jongleur de Notre Dame’ (J155), masque for baritone, mime and instrumental ensemble (words by the composer); 1977-[1978]. Published Chester Music, 1978. Two volumes.
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Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer: Compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies for which the composer wrote the words: 1966-1992.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xxii. ‘Le Jongleur de Notre Dame’. Ink full score; [1978]. Incomplete, nos. 1, 2 and part of no. 3, only. ff. 6. 455 x 290mm.