Peter Maxwell Davies Manuscripts, Part II: Press archive
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to works and performances by Peter Maxwell Davies. Mostly reviews and articles with some programmes and correspondence. Press cuttings and photocopies. Some relate to the St Magnus Festival, Orkney, which the composer co-founded in 1977, and some to the chamber music ensemble 'The...
Harriet Cohen papers. B. Letters to Harriet Cohen ‘from close men friends’
Scope & Content:
Vols. ix-xiii. ‘Trunk 2’: letters to Harriet Cohen from correspondents including the cellist Gaspar Cassadó, the writer Carlo Levi, Lord Leslie Runciman and Lord Snowden; 1919-1962, n.d. The trunk was labelled ‘Letters from close men friends’, and a note inside read ‘Lovers and Greatest Men Frien...
Vols. xiv-xxiii. ‘Trunk 3’: letters to Cohen; 1910-1965, n.d. They were originally contained in one ‘Concertina’ folder and numerous manila envelopes. Those in the ‘Concertina’ folder were letters used by Cohen in preparing her book of memoirs, A Bundle of Time, in which many of them are quoted....
'Le siege de Corinthe', opera in 3 acts, libretto by Luigi Balochi and Alexandre Soumet. A French version of his Italian opera in 2 acts of 1820, 'Maometto Secondo'. Full score, chorus parts, orchestral parts and ballet music. The orchestral parts seem to be those used for the first, Paris, produ...
'Une saison en enfer' ('A season in hell'), opera, libretto by the composer, incorporating poems and letters of Arthur Rimbaud. In French and English. The opera was submitted to the publisher Modus Music by the composer, and was assigned a catalogue number, MM50, but was not made available (Frank...
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