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2921. Ms Mus. 1808/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Ms Mus. 1808/1/10
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 31-34
Scope & Content:
Work-book 31: Dated 17 October 1985 onwards, no end date. ff.1-9: Sketches for 'Solo' (op. 42). ff.9v-30: Various sketches, notes and transcribed texts, some unidentified. Includes: list of characters or parts in a circus work; notes on structure and instrumentation of 'God-song' (op. 41); a col...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1986
Extent:
4 volumes

2922. MS Mus. 1808/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/11
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 35-38
Scope & Content:
Work-book 35: Dated 19 August 1986 - 15 September 1986. Sketches and draft scores for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 6 (draft score ff.13v-18), 7 (draft score ff.46v-49), 8 (draft score ff.66v-83), and 9 (sketches only, ff.83v-88). Final pages (ff.88v-94) contain tables and general notes, includi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1986
Extent:
4 volumes

2923. MS Mus. 1808/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/12
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 39-42
Scope & Content:
Work-book 39: Dated 21 January 1987 onwards, no end date. Sketches and draft score for 'Tonos' (op. 47). Also contains sketches for 'PP' (op. 46), written for the birthday of Paul Patterson for a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (ff.49-57). Work-book 40: Dated 2 February 1987 - 20 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1987
Extent:
4 volumes

2924. MS Mus. 1808/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/13
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 43-46
Scope & Content:
Work-book 43: Dated 15 April 1988 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'Harmonies of Hell' (op. 53). Includes a roughly sketched stage plan (f.16); and general notes. Work-book 44: Dated 23 June 1988 - February 1989. Early ideas and sketches for a commission from English National Opera (ENO): a p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1989
Extent:
4 volumes

2925. MS Mus. 1808/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/14
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 47-49
Scope & Content:
Work-book 47: Dated 17 September 1989 onwards, no end date. ff.1-13: Sketches for a piano sonata in A major, later abandoned. ff.13v-19: Sketches for 'No quiet place' (op. 55), followed by diary entries dated 24th September - 10th October 1989. ff.19v-25: Further sketches for piano sonata in A m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989-1991
Extent:
4 volumes

2926. MS Mus. 1808/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/15
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 50-53
Scope & Content:
Work-book 50: Dated 21 March 1991 - 14 August 1991. ff.1-4: Notes on 'The song of the tortoise' (op. 59), and unidentified notes on tuning. ff.7-25v: Detailed sketches for 'Circle of silence' (op. 57). ff.25v-67v: Sketches for 'Zebra music' (op. 58) and String quartet no. 3 (op. 61) (ff.59v-63)....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991-1992
Extent:
4 volumes

2927. MS Mus. 1808/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/16
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 54-57
Scope & Content:
Work-book 54: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 55. ff.1-43: Draft score of 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60), dated 4 February 1993. ff.43v-49: Rough draft score of fugal passage from 'The Owl and the Pu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1993-1994
Extent:
4 volumes

2928. MS Mus. 1808/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/17
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 58-61
Scope & Content:
Work-book 58: Dated 19 August 1994 onwards, no end date. ff.1-52: Sketches for 'Fiddlesticks' (op. 65) (ff.5 & 28-52) with various other sketches, some unidentified. Includes settings of texts from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Nine Lives' for clarinet and pian...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1997
Extent:
4 volumes

2929. MS Mus. 1808/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/18
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 62-64
Scope & Content:
Work-book 62: Dated 1 February 1997 onwards, no end date. ff.1-53: Sketches for 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes early ideas for 'HAVOC' (op. 83) (ff.18v-21, 29v-30, & 52v-53); a brief sketch and note on the completion of 'Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot' (op. 74) (f.22v); and a diary...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1997-1998
Extent:
3 volumes

2930. MS Mus. 1808/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/19
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 65-67
Scope & Content:
Work-book 65: Dated 12 September 1998 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'HAVOC' (op. 83), with sketches and draft score for 'The Two Nowells' (op. 77 no. 2) (ff.76 & 90v-91v). Also includes general notes and pasted mementos, drawings, photographs and recital flyer. Work-book 66: Dated 2 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1998-1999
Extent:
3 volumes

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