MS Mus. 221. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. iii. String quartet ‘no.2’; 20 March – 7 June 1937. A student work revised in 1939 as the quartet no.1, op.4. ff. ii + 12. 352 x 260mm. Blue buckram binding.
MS Mus. 225. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. vii. String quartet no.3, op.41; 8 Sept. – 16 Nov. 1945. First performed Cheltenham, 1945. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. iii + 18. 338 x 270mm. Red buckram binding.
MS Mus. 222. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. iv. String quartet ‘no.3’; 20 April – 30 May 1938. A student work. ff. i + 17. 352 x 260mm. Green buckram binding.
MS Mus. 223. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. v. String quartet no.1; 25 Oct. – 17 Nov. 1939. First performed New York, 1940. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. i + 13. 338 x 270mm. Red buckram binding.
MS Mus. 227. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. ix. String quartet no.5, op.99; 1962. Dyeline copy, signed. First performed Cheltenham, 1962. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. v + 6. 382 x 283mm.
MS Mus. 226. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. viii. String quartet no.4, op.62; 31 Oct. 1951. First performed Cheltenham, 1952. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. iii + 14. 354 x 260mm. Blue buckram binding.
MS Mus. 224. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. vi. String quartet no.2, op.14; 21 May – 21 July 1941. First performed BBC Third Programme, 1947. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. iv + 10. 338 x 270mm. Blue buckram binding.
MS Mus. 228. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vol. x. String quartet no.6, op.170; [1988] – 22 May 1992. Dedication, ‘for my beloved Joan’. First performed Cheltenham, 1992. Published Broadbent & Dunn, 1992. ff. 22. 419 x 302mm. Joan Arnell, née Heycock; wife of R A S Arnell: R. A. S. Arnel...
MSS Mus. 219-220. ARNELL MANUSCRIPTS (SERIES II). Vols. i-ii. Symphony no.6, ‘Anvil’, op.179; 1989-94. Dedicated ‘to Joan with love and to the memory of Hans Keller, friend and mentor’. First performed in a recording broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 9 Jan. 1995. Two volumes.
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Joan Arnell, née Heycock; wife of R A S Arnell: R. A. S. Arnell's Symphony no.6 and String quartet no.6 , ded. to Joan Arnell: 1988-92. Hans Keller, music critic: R. A. S. Arnell's Symphony no.6 , ded. to Hans Keller: 1989-94.