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Project / Collection Music Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 250-263 Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 250

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 250
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 250. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. i. ‘The Devil Take Her’ and ‘Poultry’; 1931-2. ff. 66. Largest size 370 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-53. ‘The Devil Take Her’, opera in a prologue and one act to a libretto by Alan Collard and John B. Gordon, with additional lyrics by Cedric Cliffe, after Ben...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1932
Extent:
1 item

2. MS Mus. 251

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 251
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 251. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. ii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Draft short score, in pencil. Dated 21 July [1949] (f. 24), 5 Aug. 1949 (f. 48), 5 Dec. [1949] (f. 71), 21 Dec. [1949] (f. 95). ff. 125.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1949]
Extent:
1 item

3. MS Mus. 252

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 252
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Vocal score, in ink, with engraver’s markings added in pencil. Incomplete. Dated 11-21 July [1949] (f. 25), 21 Aug. 1949 (f. 83v), 17 Feb. 1950 (f. 146). ff. 154.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 253

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 253
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 253. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iv. ‘Orlando’s Silver Wedding’, ballet, after Kathleen Hale, for chorus and orchestra; [1950]. Dyeline copy of autograph vocal score, with annotations in pencil and ink. First performed in the Festival of Britain, Festival Pleasure Gardens, 28 May 19...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950]
Extent:
1 item

5. MS Mus. 254

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 254
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 254. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iv. ‘Tartuffe’. Overture. Full score. Dyeline copy of a score in the hand of Alan Boustead. ff. 14. 459 x 333mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 255

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 255
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 255. Act 1 (ff. 45).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 256

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 256
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 256. Act 2 (ff. i + 56).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

8. MS Mus. 257

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 257
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 257. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. vii. ‘Tartuffe’. A second dyeline copy of the autograph vocal score, marked with cuts and other alterations in a later hand and described as ‘Revised 1965 version’ (f. 1). The composer’s title of ‘The Imposter’ has been replaced in another hand. With...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 258

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 258
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 258. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. viii. ‘The Faun’s Mistress’, synopsis for an opera in three acts; n.d. The synopsis is written in the composer’s hand on sheets which have been pasted into an album subsequently illustrated with pictures of the characters and scenes. The illustration...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 259

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 259
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 259. B. Vocal Music. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. ix. Vocal music; circa 1925 – 1940, n.d. ff. 19. Largest size 365 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Three Impressions’, for medium voice and string quartet, to poems by William Sharp; circa 1925. Parts, for violins and viola only. The three so...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1940
Extent:
1 item