(1.) 'Scottish Dance Suite' for concert band, 1974. Score, dyeline copy on bifoliate paper. Unlike many Musgrave scores, this is a transposing score. (2.) 'Orfeo II: an Improvisation on a theme', for solo flute and fifteen strings. Text for programme notes; annotated photocopies of the solo flute...
Thea Musgrave: 'Pontalba', opera. Annotated full score with revised leaves
Scope & Content:
Spiral-bound full score for each act, with loose leaves superseding the corresponding pages in the spiral-bound score. Both bound and loose material bears heavy annotation. With working title 'Pontalba. A Louisiana legacy'.
Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera. Chorus edition of vocal score
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Passages from the vocal score adapted specifically for the chorus (abbreviating or excluding sections in which the chorus is not involved), on transparencies, bearing a copyright date of 1965. Leaves which are identical to the main vocal score are not present. Foliation is at the bottom-centre of...
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Libretto drafts, research, and related correspondence
Scope & Content:
Drafts of the libretto, interfiled with research notes and correspondence between Musgrave and the librettist Christa Cooper. The correspondence also includes letters from Musgrave to Agnes Scott College, the commissioning organisation. Chiefly annotated typescripts.
Thea Musgrave: Viola concerto. Unannotated solo viola part and score
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(1.) Solo viola part, unannotated, in ink on transparencies; 1973. (2.) Score; 1973. In ink on transparencies. Many leaves are marked with a small cross, in blue pencil, towards the bottom. Foliated by the composer. This score corresponds to the facsimile edition by Novello (1975).
Thea Musgrave: 'The Seasons', for orchestra: sketches
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'Sketches'. After some overall plans, including a leaf with cross-references to paintings, the sketches are grouped by movement, each group enclosed in a bifolio.
Thea Musgrave: 'Lamenting with Ariadne'. Scores and related papers
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(1.) A programmatic diary, detailing the creative process, the programme for the work, and the characterisation of the players. (2.) Correspondence relating to the composition with Stephen Newbould, John Longstaff, Howard Friend, Vic Hoyland; 1999. (3.) Errata lists. (4.) Copy of the score, produ...