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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1747 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1747/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/1
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Orchestral works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-7r. "Night Music", op. 2, 1943. For chamber orchestra. Pencil score (with some notation in ink). Deposit 97/07. 2. ff. 7v-15. Piano concerto no. 1, op. 5, 1944. Beginning of the first movement. The rest of this work's first movement, along with its second and third movements, can be foun...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1940-1979
Extent:
1 box (i, 171 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1747/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/2
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Instrumental and chamber music
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-4r. "Intermezzo", for 11 instruments, op. 8, 1946. Pencil score, autograph. Deposit 2006/02. 2. ff. 4v-11. "Ballade", for piano, op. 10, 1947. Pencil score, autograph. Deposit 2006/02.3. f. 12. "Quartet", op. 12, 1948. Fragment. Score in ink. Originally interleaved with score of "Night M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1946-1976
Extent:
i, 92 folios

3. MS Mus. 1747/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/3/1
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Vocal works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-23. "Put Away the Flutes" for high voice, flute, oboe and string quartet, op. 11, 1947. A setting of words by W.R. Rodgers. Autograph pencil score and two annotated copies of the printed score, published by Lengnick; one of the copies signed "René Soames". Possibly used for the performan...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1976
Extent:
1 volume (152 folios). Wanting folio 101.

4. MS Mus. 1747/1/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/3/2
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Vocal works: 'Fantasia on British airs' for five military bands, tenor and chorus,instrumental parts: dyeline copies, part 1
Scope & Content:
Op. 68, for 5 military bands, tenor and chorus, 1976. Dyeline copies from original transparencies under 1/3/1, some multiple, for the instruments listed below. Annotated in pencil. In an episode described in chapter 18 of 'Quadrille with a Raven', Searle’s autobiography (see MS Mus. 1747/2/6), t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976
Extent:
125 folios

5. MS Mus. 1747/1/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/3/3
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Vocal works: 'Fantasia on British airs' for five military bands, tenor and chorus, instrumental parts: dyeline copies, part 2
Scope & Content:
Op. 68, for 5 military bands, tenor and chorus, 1976. Dyeline copies from original transparencies under 1/3/1, some multiple, for the instruments listed below. In an episode described in chapter 18 of 'Quadrille with a Raven', Searle’s autobiography (see MS Mus. 1747/2/6), these copies were made...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976
Extent:
117 folios

6. MS Mus. 1747/1/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/3/4
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Vocal works. Music. Vocal works (late or without opus number)
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-14. "A Nocturnall upon St Lucie’s Day", op. 63, 1974. For voice and piano. A setting of words by John Donne. Photocopy of score. At end of score, "London July 1974". ff. 15-16. "The Apollonian Whale", for cello, voice and piano, op. 74, 1980. Photocopy of (missing) ink score. Words by Mil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1980
Extent:
46 folios

7. MS Mus. 1747/1/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/4/1
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Stage works and incidental music. Autograph scores
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-13. "Hamlet", corrections and alterations; 1969. Fragments of short score in ink, variously denoted "Appendix", "Alterations", etc., the first sheet with a note "Extra bars written for the Covent Garden production, 1969". Deposit 2001/11. Opera, op. 48, libretto by Searle, after William ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1969
Extent:
51 folios

8. MS mus. 1747/1/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS mus. 1747/1/4/2
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Stage works and incidental music. 'Don Juan in Hell' copyists' parts
Scope & Content:
Incidental music for World Drama: ‘Don Juan in Hell’ (from Man and Superman) by Bernard Shaw. Broadcast BBC Radio 3, Tuesday 26 November 1974. Parts, copies: Violin IViolin IICelloDouble BassFlute/ PiccoloClarinet / Bass ClarinetBassoon / Contra-bassoon'Trumpet (in C).'TromboneHorn (F)Percussi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974
Extent:
95 folios

9. MS Mus. 1747/1/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/4/3
Title:
Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Stage works and incidental music. 'Who am I now?' copyists' parts
Scope & Content:
Incidental music for the radio play "Who am I Now? The Dream of George Crabbe" by Frederick Bradnum, broadcast BBC Radio 3, 4th September 1975. Parts, copies, with annotations not in Searle’s hand. Violin IViolin IIViolin IIIViola IViola IICello ICello IIBassFluteB flat Clarinet Trumpet in CPer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975
Extent:
121 folios

10. MS Mus. 1747/1/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1747/1/4/4
Title:
Humphrey Searle Supplementary Collection. Music. Stage works and incidental music. 'The tide of traffic' ,copyists' parts
Scope & Content:
Music for "The tide of traffic" a documentary film for British Petroleum, 1972. Parts, copies, with annotations by Searle Parts as follows: Violin I (with photocopy)Violin II (with photocopy)ViolaCelloBassFluteOboe IOboe II ("or Cor Anglais throughout")B flat Clarinet BassoonOrganPercussion (w...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972
Extent:
104 folios