Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Scripts, libretti etc. The Duchess of Malfi
Scope & Content:
"The Duchess of Malfi". Printed book of the play (London: Sylvan Press, 1945), annotated by Humphrey Searle. The short score of Searle's incidental music for the play is Add MS 71759, ff. 60-71.
Non-music manuscripts and printed material created or accumulated by Humphrey Searle in the course of his life and career, or by others in relation to him.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Portuguese
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Writings on music. Searle's notes, documentation of his work and typescripts of articles.
Scope & Content:
Some miscellaneous notes followed by typescripts kept by Searle: some Searle’s own and some apparently originally institutional. Includes: MS Mus. 1747/2/2/1 contains some of Searle’s programme notes by Searle in published form. See also MS Mus. 1747/2/3/1 for other published writings by Searle....
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Writings on music. Scripts for broadcasts and talks
Scope & Content:
Typescripts with some proofs and hand-written manuscripts for broadcasts, talks or lectures on music. 1. ff. 1-11. '12-Tone Music in England'. 2. ff. 13-33. '12-Note Music'. Handwritten plans and draft. For the Extra-Mural Department of Birmingham University. 3. ff. 34-40. [Schoenberg’s style...
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Concert and broadcast programmes, announcements and prospectuses
Scope & Content:
Concert programmes and press cuttings relating to Searle’s music, and retained by Searle himself.Some of the items in this series contain programme notes or articles by Humphrey Searle; related therefore to MS Mus. 1747/2/1.
Programmes kept by Searle for concerts and productions including Searle’s music. Some contain programme notes by Searle (for unpublished typescripts see MS Mus. 1747/2/1/1)