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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

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

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 263
Title:
Scope & Content:: MS Mus. 263. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xiii. Chamber music; 1910-58. ff. 131. Largest size 360 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-6. Four pieces for piano solo; 1910. In ink. 2. ff. 7-48. Quintet in C minor for clarinet and strings; 1913-14. Score in ink, with emendations in pencil. 3. ff. 49-89. Sona...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1910-1958
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 261
Title:
Scope & Content:: MS Mus. 261. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xi. Concerto for harmonica and orchestra; June – July 1953. Dyeline copy of the autograph full score, with conductor’s annotations in pencil. Dedicated to Larry Adler. Piano reduction published Hawkes & Son, 1957. ff. 43. 352 x 265mm.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jun 1953-Jul 1953
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 262
Title:
Scope & Content:: MS Mus. 262. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xii. ‘Pastorale, Arioso and Finale’, for piano solo; 1943. Written in ink with pencil annotations. Dedicated to Jack Henderson. Published Boosey & Hawkes, 1948. ff. 16. 312 x 242mm. Half-buckram binding.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1943
Extent:: 1 item

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

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

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

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

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