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3811. MS Mus. 1893/2/96

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/96
Title:
Hugh Wood: Ballade (Opus 57)
Scope & Content:
For solo piano. Commissioned by BBC Radio 3, and first performed by Joanna MacGregor on 7th June 2012, at the Guildhall, Bath, as part of the Bath International Music Festival. (1). Wood's typed programme note. (2). Draft score, in pencil. 9 individually dated folios (420 x 295 mm), arranged a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 file

3812. MS Mus. 1893/2/97

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/97
Title:
Hugh Wood: Settings of Edwin Muir (from Opus 59)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises settings of two poems by Edwin Muir: 'Merlin' and 'The Road'. The setting of 'Merlin' (for soprano and recorder) is complete and identified as Opus 59, no. ii. The setting of 'The Road' is an incomplete draft on three folios. There is no further information in the file about t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2012
Extent:
1 file

3813. MS Mus. 1893/2/98

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/98
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Epithalamion, or Marriage Song' (Opus 60)
Scope & Content:
For chorus and orchestra. Full title: 'An Epithalamion, or Marriage Song, on the Lady Elizabeth and Count Palatine being married on St. Valentine's Day.' Words by John Donne. Commissioned by the BBC. First performed at the BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, 22 July 2015, by the BBC Chorus and the BB...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2014-2015
Extent:
1 file

3814. MS Mus. 1893/2/99

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/99
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Trio: 'Ithaka' (Opus 61)
Scope & Content:
A string trio for violin, viola and cello. The title of the work is taken from a poem by Constantine Cavafy. Wood's programme note, included in the file, refers to the composition as 'a sort of mini symphonic poem'. It was commissioned by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the RVW Trust and the Swale...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2014-2016
Extent:
1 file

3815. MS Mus. 1893/2/100

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/100
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Eleanor's Piece'
Scope & Content:
For two string quartets. (1). Printed score (Chester Music, 2015), pp. [1]-8. Unmarked (8 x A4 sheets). (2). Autograph score, in pencil. Not dated. Two nested bifolia (335 x 425 mm).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2015
Extent:
1 file

3816. MS Mus. 1893/2/101

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/101
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Light Music and Occasional Pieces'
Scope & Content:
These compositions were originally gathered together by Wood into two files, one of which was titled 'Light Music and Occasional Pieces'. The two files have been combined and the compositions arranged in chronological order. The fronts of the original files listing their contents have been retai...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1980]-2008
Extent:
1 file

3817. MS Mus. 1893/2/102

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/102
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'How Harmony Works' (Teaching Materials)
Scope & Content:
Photocopy teaching materials relating to Wood's teaching duties as University Lecturer and Fellow of Churchill College Cambridge (1977-99). (1). 'How Harmony Works: A Harmony Course in 18 Pages'. Comprising an autograph title sheet (A4) and 18 numbered sheets (of different sizes) providing exam...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[c 1987]
Extent:
1 file

3818. MS Mus. 1926/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/1
Title:
Michael Tippett: ‘Fantasy Sonata’, autograph manuscript
Scope & Content:
‘Fantasy Sonata for piano solo', by Sir Michael Tippett. Described as 'op. 4' by the composer on the front cover. Autograph manuscript in black ink with some amendments in pencil. Pages numbered 1-38, with the title-page detached. Dated 1 June 1938 at the end of the piece. The work was first p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

3819. MS Mus. 1926/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/2
Title:
Manuscript material relating to an unpublished book on English folk-song by Francesca Allinson
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-85. Draft typescript of Francesca Allinson’s unpublished book on folk song, 'The Irish Contribution to English Traditional Tunes', starting from chapter 3 (chapters 1 and 2 are not present). A note on the front states: ‘First Version. This went to O. U. P. It is dead.' Contains numero...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume (in two parts of 85 folios and 45 folios)

3820. MS Mus. 1926/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1926/3
Title:
Ephemera relating to Michael Tippett and Francesca Allinson
Scope & Content:
(1). Postcard featuring a photograph of Francesca Allinson (2). Print of a drawing of Michael Tippett made by Karl Hawker and sent to Cyril and Veronica Allinson, Christmas 1965. (3). Programme for a performance of The Midsummer Marriage at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 27 January 1955...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 volume (3 items)

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