G. B. SHAW PAPERS: SERIES II. Vols. LIII-LV. 'The Apple Cart', 'Back to Methuselah', 'Heartbreak House', 'Caesar and Cleopatra'; 1929. Three notebooks used in forward and reverse sequence.
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George Bernard Shaw, author: 'The Apple Cart': rehearsal notes by George Bernard Shaw: 1929-1937. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Back to Methuselah': rehearsal notes by George Bernard Shaw: 1929. George Bernard Shaw, author: 'Caesar and Cleopatra': rehearsal notes by George Bernard Shaw: 1904?-...
PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III A-Y. Revised version; 1923. Orchestral parts, each preceded by preliminaries, partly in German. Partly typewritten. Printer's copy, in ink amended with pastedowns and marked 'Copyright 1924 by Universal Edition' with plate no. 7443.
PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. VI, VII. Setting of 'The Widow's Party', beg. 'Where have you been this while away', from Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses, 1892. Composed for male chorus and orchestra 1901, rescored for orchestra 1926. 'Lovingly dedicated to my mother'. Voice and piano score published by Schott 1923 as Kipling Setting nr. 7, full compressed score and parts 1929.
PERCY GRAINGER MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. XV, XVI. 'Shepherd's Hey'. English Morris dance tune, collected by Cecil Sharp from the fiddler of the Bidford Morris Dancers, 1906. Composed for 'room-music twelve-some'; 'begun 1908 ended 17.11.1909' (50881, f. 1b). Published (twelve instruments) by Schott 1911 as BFMS no. 3; (piano arrangement) as BFMS no. 4; (full orchestra, score and parts) 1913 as BFMS no. 16; and (military band) 1918 as BFMS no. 21.
RUTLAND BOUGHTON MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. VIII A, B . Vocal score; Shapwick, Glastonbury, autumn 1920 (50967 A, f. 39b), 3 June 1922 (50967 B, f. 66b). Published 1923. Folio. Blue cloth bindings.