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Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 10
Title:: Francis Chagrin: ‘Suite No. 1’
Scope & Content:: Annotated printed score. Full score and miniature score published Mills Music, [1957].
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: [1957]
Extent:: 1 volume (53 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 11
Title:: Francis Chagrin: ‘Symphony no. 2’
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-94. Sketches. Dated 3 Jan 1969 (f. 9v), 12 Dec. 1963 (f. 32), Nov. 1965 (f. 11, 12), Feb. 1967 (f. 63), 29 March 1969 (f. 65v). With ‘Fanfare for Adam ("Per Ardua ad Astra")’, for three trombones; 1968: first and second trombone parts (ff. 23, 22v) dated 30 Sept. 1968 (f. 23); third tro...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1965-1970
Extent:: 1 volume (152 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 12
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Undated orchestral works
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-4. ‘At the Races’; n.d. Reduction for two pianos. 2. ff. 5-26. ‘Aubade d’automne’; n.d. 3. ff. 27-45. ‘The Ballad of County Down’; n.d. 4. ff. 46-58. ‘Echoes of Hungary’, for accordion, piano, percussion and strings; n.d. [circa 1941]. i. ff. 46-52. Sketches. On f. 46 is a letter t...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Unspecified
Extent:: 1 volume (112 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 13
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Chamber music written in Bucharest, Zürich and Semmering
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-13. ‘Violinsonate’, for violin and piano; 1927, 1931. Score and part, in ink. Signed ‘Alex. Paucker’ [i.e. Francis Chagrin] (later emended to Francis Chagrin on f. 1). Dated Zürich, 13 Feb. 1927 – Semmering, 13 May 1927 (f. 9), 14 Mar. 1931 (f. 11v). 2. f. 14. ‘Lied ohne Worte: Wiegenl...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1927-1933
Extent:: 1 volume (74 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 14
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, 1937 – June 1940, 1948
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-4. ‘Etude’ for piano; 1937. In pencil (ff. 1-2) and ink (ff. 3-4). Dated 29-30 June 1937 (ff. 1v, 2). 2. ff. 5-14. ‘Lento’ and ‘Scherzo’ for violin, clarinet (or viola) and piano; 1937-40. i. f. 5. Sketches. ii. ff. 6-10. Score and parts of the Lento, in ink, dated 20 July 1937 (f. ...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1937-1948
Extent:: 1 volume (80 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 15
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, Aug. 1940 – 1959
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-7. String quartet; 1940. Score in ink. Dated Aug. 1940 (ff. 1, 7v). 2. ff. 8-18. ‘Légende Orientale’, for cello and piano; 1941. Dedicated ‘To Margaret [Good, later Pleeth] and Bill [Pleeth] with great admiration and friendship’ (f. 12). i. ff. 8-11. Score in pencil, dated 4 Mar. 194...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1940-1959
Extent:: 1 volume (85 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 16
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, 1960-70
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-11. ‘Three Pieces for Harp’; 1960. i. ff. 1-2. Sketches, dated 8 Feb. 1960 (f. 1v). ii. ff. 3-7. Drafts. Includes, on f. 6, sketches for Chagrin's 'Fanfare for Sir Arthur [Bliss] on his 80th birthday': [1971]. iii. ff. 8-11. Score. 2. f. 12. ‘Barcarole’ for descant recorder (or viol...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1960-1970
Extent:: 1 volume (62 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 17
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, 1971-1972
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-23. ‘Etudes sur les "blanches" et "noires"’, for piano, organ or harpsichord; 1971-2. i. ff. 1-12. Sketches, including sketches for ‘A fanfare for Sir Arthur [Bliss] on his 80th birthday’ (1971) (f. 6) ii. ff. 13-23. Score, dated 7 July 1972, 6 July 1972, 29 June 1972, 1 July 1972, J...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1971-1972
Extent:: 1 volume (85 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 19
Title:: Francis Chagrin: Vocal music, 1928-35
Scope & Content:: 1. ff. 1-11. ‘Two German Songs’ (‘Fromm’ – words, Gustav Falke; ‘Bitte’ – words, Hermann Hesse), for soprano or tenor, violin (or ’cello) and piano; 1928-31. i. ff. 1-4. 3 scores of ‘Bitte’, in different keys, dated Zürich, 6 Oct. 1928, Zürich, 22 Oct. 1928, Buc[areşti], 27 Dec. 1928 (ff. 1, 3,...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: French and German
Date Range:: 1928-1935
Extent:: 1 volume (126 folios)

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