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191. MS Mus. 1801/4/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1801/4/13
Title:
Sir Lennox Berkeley: 'Four Ronsard Sonnets' (Set 2), Op. 62
Scope & Content:
For tenor and orchestra. Words in French: Pierre de Ronsard (1524-85). (1). ff. 1-61. Incomplete autograph full score, in black ink and blue ink (and pencil), pp. 3-6, 9-18, 21-28, 33-36, 45-66 (24-stave-paper, 370 x 270 mm). Undated and without signature. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 4-6, 8-10,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1963
Extent:

93 folios

192. MS Mus. 1801/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1801/7
Title:
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Songs
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1924-1982
Extent:

4 files

193. MS Mus. 1801/7/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1801/7/1
Title:
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various Settings
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-8. 'Three Songs' [Three Early Songs, 1924], for mezzo soprano or tenor voice and piano. Undated copyist score, in black ink, with words added by the composer. Outer paper cover (title and signature) enclosing pp. 1-12 (12-stave paper, 310 x 235 mm): 'D'un Vannair [sic] de blé aux vent...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1924]-1953
Extent:

89 folios

194. MS Mus. 1801/7/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1801/7/2
Title:
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Settings of Ronsard, Auden, Bridges, De La Mare
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-101. Four Ronsard Sonnets (Set 1), Op. 40. For two tenors and piano: ff. 1-29. Autograph score (original version [1952]), in black ink, some words in blue ink (14-stave paper, 340 x 270 mm). Outer bifolium (with title) enclosing pp. 1-23. Signed on f. 2, and annotated as copyright J. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1952]-1977
Extent:

133 folios

195. MS Mus. 1801/7/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1801/7/3
Title:
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various settings
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-71. ‘Autumn’s Legacy / Song Cycle’, Op. 58. The settings are: (I) 'The Mighty Thoughts of an Old World' (Beddoes); (II) 'All Night a Wind of Music' (Beddoes); (III) 'Lesbos' (Durrell); (IV) 'Tonight the Winds Begin to Rise' (Tennyson); (V) 'Hurrahing in Harvest' (Hopkins); (VI) 'Rich ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1962-1964
Extent:

119 folios

196. MS Mus. 1808/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/18
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 62-64
Scope & Content:
Work-book 62: Dated 1 February 1997 onwards, no end date. ff.1-53: Sketches for 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes early ideas for 'HAVOC' (op. 83) (ff.18v-21, 29v-30, & 52v-53); a brief sketch and note on the completion of 'Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot' (op. 74) (f.22v); and a diary...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1997-1998
Extent:
3 volumes

197. MS Mus. 1808/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/19
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 65-67
Scope & Content:
Work-book 65: Dated 12 September 1998 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'HAVOC' (op. 83), with sketches and draft score for 'The Two Nowells' (op. 77 no. 2) (ff.76 & 90v-91v). Also includes general notes and pasted mementos, drawings, photographs and recital flyer. Work-book 66: Dated 2 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1998-1999
Extent:
3 volumes

198. MS Mus. 1808/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Correspondence and biographical material
Scope & Content:
c. ff.1-163: Personal and professional correspondence to and from select friends and colleagues. Mainly consists of manuscript and typed letters, with two printed email threads. Correspondents include: William Walton, granting permission to quote from Façade; Olivier Messiaen, regarding composi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1975-2009
Extent:

c. 207 folios

199. MS Mus. 1808/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/2
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Scrapbook
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook containing programme notes, newspaper cuttings and some correspondence. Includes a letter from Olivier Messiaen inviting Swayne to composition classes at the Paris Conservatoire; and sample pages from first proofs of 'Suite' (op. 21) for guitar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1976-1981
Extent:
1 volume; c. 28 folios

200. MS Mus. 1810/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/2
Title:
Charles-Valentin Alkan: ‘Zammerū la-’Ădhōnāi’ (Sing praises unto the Lord)
Scope & Content:
For piano. Published in Paris in 1844 by the Bureau Central de Musique as ‘Alleluia’, op. 25. French and Hebrew words.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

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