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2981. MS Mus. 1808/2/37

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/2/37
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 136 & 141-142
Scope & Content:
1. 'Strumming' (op. 136) for guitar ff.1-14: Autograph draft score, heavily annotated with corrections, marginal notes and sketches. Pencil and coloured inks on paper. Signed and dated 28 August 2012 on final page. 2. 'Chansons Dévotes et Poissonneuses' (op. 141) for soprano, clarinet, double ba...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012-2014
Extent:
134 folios

2982. MS Mus. 1808/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Correspondence and biographical material
Scope & Content:
c. ff.1-163: Personal and professional correspondence to and from select friends and colleagues. Mainly consists of manuscript and typed letters, with two printed email threads. Correspondents include: William Walton, granting permission to quote from Façade; Olivier Messiaen, regarding composi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1975-2009
Extent:

c. 207 folios

2983. MS Mus. 1808/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/2
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Scrapbook
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook containing programme notes, newspaper cuttings and some correspondence. Includes a letter from Olivier Messiaen inviting Swayne to composition classes at the Paris Conservatoire; and sample pages from first proofs of 'Suite' (op. 21) for guitar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1976-1981
Extent:
1 volume; c. 28 folios

2984. MS Mus. 1808/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/4/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Inventory
Scope & Content:
Handlist of items held in the collection, with a description of each item. Written by Giles Swayne prior to deposit.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
18 folios

2985. MS Mus. 1808/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/4/2
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Inventory. Redacted copy
Scope & Content:
Copy of handlist of items held in the collection, with a description of each item. Written by Giles Swayne prior to deposit and redacted for release.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
18 folios

2986. MS Mus. 1810/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/1
Title:
Franz Wilhelm Abt: Zwei (‘Auf hohem Berge’)
Scope & Content:
Choral song no. 2 for SATB from Abt’s Fünf Chor Gesänge, op. 152. Signed: ‘Franz Abt. Braunschweig, 16/7/61.’ Written in ink on a single sheet with 8 pre-printed staves, blue decorative floral borders and caption at the bottom middle reading: ‘Aus dem Album von Carl Gurckhaus’. Single leaf from ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Undetermined
Date Range:
1861
Extent:
1 volume (1 folio)

2987. MS Mus. 1810/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/2
Title:
Charles-Valentin Alkan: ‘Zammerū la-’Ădhōnāi’ (Sing praises unto the Lord)
Scope & Content:
For piano. Published in Paris in 1844 by the Bureau Central de Musique as ‘Alleluia’, op. 25. French and Hebrew words.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

2988. MS Mus. 1810/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/3
Title:
Thomas Attwood: ‘Fugue in E flat’
Scope & Content:
Published by John E. West in ‘Old English Organ Music’, no. 24, as no. 2 of ‘Two Pieces’ by Attwood, with the title ‘Cathedral Fugue’. Dated 7 July 1826.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Undetermined
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 file (2 folios)

2989. MS Mus. 1810/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/4
Title:
Daniel François-Esprit Auber: ‘Eh mais pourquoi’ and ‘Dans ce séjour’ from Marco Spada
Scope & Content:
‘Eh mais pourquoi’ and ‘Dans ce séjour’ for solo voice in vocal score from no.1, Cavatine, in Auber’s opera comique, Marco Spada. Written in ink. With some differences from the published score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1850s
Extent:
1 file (1 folio)

2990. MS Mus. 1810/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1810/5
Title:
Georges Auric: ‘La fete du Duc’
Scope & Content:
‘La Fête du Duc’ (GA21). Song with words by Jean Cocteau. Dated: ’19 Novembre 1918’.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 file (3 folios)

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