HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Music manuscripts and papers by and relating to Humphrey Searle, CBE (1915-1982), composer, broadcaster and Liszt scholar; 1880-1982, n.d. Scores are autograph and in pencil, and annotations, which appear in many scores and are not generally noted, are in ink except where otherwise stated. Opus numbers, and firm datings, where not present on the manuscripts themselves, are taken from Searle’s own lists of his works in Add. 71824. Published works bear a London impr...
Scope & Content:
Humphrey Searle, CBE; composer: Music manuscripts, papers, etc., by and rel. to: 1880-1982, n.d.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, and Spanish
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xviii. ‘The Photo of the Colonel’, opera in one act after Ionesco, op.41; 1964. See also Add. 71808. Vocal score published with English, German and French text, Schott & Co., [1968]. ff. i+100. Largest size 385 x 280. 1. ff. 1-48. Typewritten libretto. 2. ...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxii. Songs; [1948]-1980. With piano accompaniment except where stated. ff. 78. Largest size 370 x 275mm. 1. ff. 1-5. ‘Two Songs of A. E. Housman’, op.9; 1946. Ink score, copy. Published Joseph Williams, [1948]. 2. ff. 6-9. ‘Song for Christmas’ and ‘The White...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. lxxxviii. ‘The photo of the Colonel’, ‘a radio opera’, script adapted by Humphrey Searle from the story by Eugène Ionesco; 1964. Typescript. Parallel French and English text. See also Add. 71738. ff. 47. 330 x 225mm. includes: (script) Eugène Ionesco, writer...