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. Vols xix-xxiii. ‘Hamlet’, opera in three acts after Shakespeare, op.48; 1965-8. Revised full score issued [Faber Music, 1968]. Vocal score published Faber Music, 1971. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: Humphrey Searle's opera 'Hamlet' after William Shakespeare: 1965-1968: Engl. and Germ.
L. Music by other composers. All autograph. 71807. HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. lxxxvii. ff. 61. Largest size 355 x 275mm. 1. ff. 1-9. R Gorer: ‘Sonata’ for piano; 1947. 2. ff. 10-16. Elizabeth Lutyens: ‘Sonata for Viola Solo’ op.5 no.4; 1938. Ink. Published Lengnick, 1946. 3. ff. 17-18...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. cxviii. Letters from notable writers, arranged alphabetically by correspondent; 1936-1982, n.d. Partly typewritten. Searle removed these letters from the main sequence (now Add. 71839-71840). ff. 195. includes: ff. 1-4 Michael Ayrton, artist and author: Lett...
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vols. cxviii-cxx. Letters to Searle and his family; 1929-1982, n.d. The names of correspondents are in the index. Three volumes. Overall size 330 x 230mm.