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Container Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1738 Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1738/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/4
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Incidental Music
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-218. Incidental music and playscript for The Pretenders by Henrik Ibsen, words adapted by Peter Haworth, for soprano solo, male chorus, woodwind, brass and percussion; 1965. Autograph score, in ink (ff. 1-34); photocopy of autograph score (ff. 35-74); set of autograph parts, in pencil (ff. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1974
Extent:
1 volume (227 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1738/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/6
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Vocal Music
Scope & Content:
f. 1. ‘Trocknet nicht, tränen’ (words, Goethe), for voice and piano; 1942. Score, in ink. Dated ‘23.xii.42’ at the beginning of the score. f. 2. ‘The Cherry Tree’ (words, A.E. Housman), for voice and piano; n.d. Photocopy of the autograph manuscript. On the score Simpson referred to himself as ‘M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1987
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1738/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/10
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Carl Nielsen, ‘Commotio’, arranged by Robert Simpson
Scope & Content:
Arranged for piano (4 hands) and dated August 1950.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950
Extent:

1 volume (21 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1738/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/11
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Manuscript Sketches
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous pencil sketches. The leaves are numbered A1, A2, A3 and C-H. There is no leaf B. The sketches include material for the fourth, fifth and sixth string quartets, the fourth and fifth symphonies, the horn quartet, and ‘Energy’ for brass.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
ca 1970-1976
Extent:
1 volume (15 folios)