Sir Lennox Berkeley: Magnificat, Op. 71 (annotated published full score)
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J & W Chester / Edition Wilhelm Hansen London Ltd, 1968 (pp. 1-80). Front label: 'Chester Music Hire Material'. Dated at the end of the score: 'Dec: 1967 - April: 1968'. Performance annotations throughout in pencil. With a Chester Orchestral Hire Library receipt in the name of Christopher R...
(1). ff. 1-24. 'Judica me', Op. 96, no. 1. Unaccompanied motet for S.S.A.T.B.B. • ff. 1-17. Autograph score, in black ink (14-stave paper, 370 x 270 mm). Outer bifolium (with title) enclosing pp. 1-11. Signed on f. 2, and dated 'May 1978' at the end of the score. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 3,...
Psalm for mixed chorus (S.A.T.B.) and orchestra. Two annotated dyeline copies of autograph score. Text: Vulgate (Latin). First performance: London, Queen's Hall, 17 June 1938. London Select Choir and the BBC Orchestra, cond. Arnold Fulton. (1). Dyeline copy, in soft buff covers. The verso of th...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Various manuscripts and fragments
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(1). ff. 1-4. 'Toccata', for piano. Autograph score, in blue ink (10-stave paper, 310 x 235 mm), pp. 1-8. Signed and dated on f. 1r (1925), and dated at the end of the score: 'Negron - Sept-Oct: 1925'. Dedication (f. 1r): 'To J. F. Waterhouse'. (2). ff. 5-13. 'Lay your sleeping head, my love' (Op...
For six solo voices (two sopranos, contralto, tenor, baritone and bass) and chamber orchestra. Latin text attributed to Jacopone da Todi (1236-1306). (1). ff. 1-17. Undated autograph vocal score, in blue ink and pencil, on oblong folios (approx. 220 x 305 mm) cut from larger paper. Title-page an...
(1). ff. 1-83. Three Latin Motets, Op. 83, no. 1. For five unaccompanied voices (S.S.A.T.B.). Texts: from Psalm 140 (1), and the Antiphon for the BVM (2 and 3). ff. Title bifolium with autograph score in 3 sections following, each in black ink. The bifolium (of later date, title in blue ink) inc...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Magnificat, Op. 71 (pencil draft and full score)
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For chorus and orchestra. Text from the Latin Missal. First performance: London, St Paul's Cathedral, 8 July 1968. Combined choirs of St Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and Westminster Cathedral, and the London Symphony Orchestra, cond. Lennox Berkeley. (1). ff. 1-18. Autograph pencil draf...