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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1223-1399 Name Girdlestone, Margaret, writer and grandmother of Stephen Oliver, fl 1920 Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1233

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1233
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'A Phoenix too Frequent' and 'The Enchanted Shirt'
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-51. 'A Phoenix too Frequent', opera, for soprano, alto, baritone and piano, libretto by Christopher Fry; May-June 1970. Photocopy of autograph vocal score (incomplete), with manuscript annotations. ff. 52-84. 'The Enchanted Shirt', operetta for schoolchildren, words by the composer’s gran...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970
Extent:
1 volume (84 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1338

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1338
Title:
Stephen Oliver: 'The Light of Men'
Scope & Content:
Oratorio, for tenor and baritone soloists, mixed chorus and orchestra, words selected from the Bible by Margaret Girdlestone; June-August 1965. Full score, in pencil and ink.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965
Extent:
1 volume (31 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1366

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1366
Title:
Stephen Oliver: Shorter secular vocal works
Scope & Content:
All vocal scores unless stated otherwise. Nos 1-18, 24, 26, 31 and 35-36 are not listed in the composer's catalogue. Dates given for these pieces are those written on the manuscripts. ff. 1-5. 'Birthday Song for Maria Björnson”. Photocopy. f. 6. 'Dinner Announcement', for voice, two trumpets a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1987
Extent:

1 volume (270 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1389

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1389
Title:
Stephen Oliver: Juvenilia. Vocal works
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-3. 'Almighty God' and 'They that go down', for bass solo, chorus and piano. 2. ff. 4-5. 'Au Clair de la Lune', for voice and piano. 3. ff. 6-7. 'Bedtime Song', words and melody by the composers' grandmother, Margaret Girdlestone. Accompaniment by Stephen Oliver, from an earlier versio...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, French, and Latin
Date Range:
1959-1964
Extent:
1 volume (194 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1394

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1394
Title:
Stephen Oliver: Juvenile papers
Scope & Content:
Childhood poems and stories; - letters from Stephen Oliver to his family, 1958-1965, n.d.; a letter from John Betjeman to Stephen Oliver, thanking him for sending a magazine containing a poem of Oliver’s, 1962; - school reports from Eastham County Primary School, St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Schoo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1968
Extent:
1 volume