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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50404-50405
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XLIV, XLV. 'Variations for Brass Band'. Autograph. National Brass Band Championship of Great Britain test piece, first performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 26 Oct. 1957. Published in Brass Band Journal, no. 867, 1957. See also 50381 D. Kennedy, 1982, p. 245; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 428-9.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: before 1957
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50406 A-B
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XLVI A, B. 'Hugh the Drover'; opera composed 1910-1914, revised 1933, 1956. Libretto by Harold Child. First performed privately at the Royal College of Music, 9 July 1924. First public performance at His Majesty's Theatre, London, 14 July 1924. Vocal score published 1924. See also the early vocal score, Add. MS. 50843, the printed vocal scores annotated by C. James, Add. MSS. 61990, 63492, and related material in Add. MS. 65188, ff. 3-14v. Kennedy, 1982, ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910-1956
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50407-50408
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XLVII, XLVIII. 'On Christmas Night', masque adapted by Adolf Bolm and the composer from Dickens's 'A Christmas Carol'; composed 1921-1926. Autograph, except as noted. First performed at the Eighth Street Theatre, Chicago, 26 Dec. 1926. Vocal score published 1957. Kennedy, 1980, p. 162; 1982, pp. 120-3; Dickinson, 1963, p. 120.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1921-1926
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50409-50410
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XLIX, L. 'Sir John in Love', opera based on Shakespeare's 'The Merry Wives of Windsor'; composed 1924-1928, with later additions. First performed at the Royal College of Music, 21 Mar. 1929. Vocal score published 1930. See also 50450, 'In Windsor Forest', Add. MS. 54187 C, f. 11b, a sketch for Act II, and Add. MSS. 69454-69456. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 126-33; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 258-71.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1933
Extent:: 6 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50412-50415
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LII-LV. 'The Poisoned Kiss', a 'Romantic Extravaganza'; composed 1927-1929, but later revised. Libretto adapted by Evelyn Sharp from a story by Richard Garnett. First performed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, 18 May 1936. Vocal score published 1936. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 166-7; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 271-6.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1927-1929
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50416-50417
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LVI, LVII. 'Riders to the Sea', setting of the play by John Millington Synge; composed 1925-1932. First performed at the Royal College of Music, 30 Nov. 1937. Vocal score published 1936. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 168-9; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 276-90. See also 50412 A, f. 4b; 50481, f. 68b; 50482 A, f. 1.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1925-1932
Extent:: 2 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50418-50420
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LVIII-LX. 'The Pilgrim's Progress'; 1906-1952. Libretto adapted by the composer from John Bunyan. Vocal score published 1952. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 39-40, 182-3, 204-21; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 358-69. See also Add. MSS. 50481, ff. 17-61b; 50482 B, ff. 9-10; 63491; 69448 A, B; 70934; 71123.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1906-1952
Extent:: 5 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50422-50423
Title:: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. LXII, LXIII. '49th Parallel', music for the film produced and directed by Michael Powell; composed 1940-1941. Autograph. Film first shown, 8 Oct. 1941. The suite arranged from the film music was performed in Prague, 1946. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 178-80; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 436-7. See also Add. MSS. 50480, ff. 53-59; 57293, ff. 6-17.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1940-1941
Extent:: 12 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50424-50426
Title:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Music for the film Coastal Command (1942), produced by Ian Dalrymple
Scope & Content:: A Crown Film Unit production, first shown, 16 Oct. 1942. The suite arranged by Muir Mathieson from the film music was first performed at Manchester (broadcast), 17 Sept. 1942. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 181-2; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 438-41. See also Add. MS. 71219.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1942
Extent:: 7 items

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 50427-50428
Title:: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Music for the film The People's Land (1943), on the work of the National Trust, produced by Donald Taylor
Scope & Content:: Possibly begun as early as 1941. Autograph. Based on traditional tunes. Film first shown privately, 17 Mar. 1943. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 184-5; Dickinson, 1963, pp. 441-2.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1941-1943]
Extent:: 3 items

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