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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1078-1112 Name Shaw, Christopher, pianist and composer Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1078

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1078
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1078. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. i. Cantatas; 1950-1985. ff. 125. 600 x 420mm. 1. ff. 1-36. ‘Croagh Patrick’, cantata (words, Edward Fawcett) for alto and baritone soloists, speaker, strings and timpani; 1950, revised 1954. Full score in ink (ff. 1-21), alto part with piano...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1985
Extent:
1 item

2. MS Mus. 1079

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1079
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1079. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. ii. ‘Garden songs’, also known as ‘In praise of gardens’, cantata for tenor solo, chorus, organ and piano; 1975, revised and orchestrated 1977-78. Full score of original version (ff. 1-38) and orchestral full score (ff. 39-88), rehearsal and perf...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975-1978
Extent:
1 item

3. MS Mus. 1080

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1080
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1080. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. iii. Vocal music; 1956-1991. Some in oblong format. ff. i + 118. 300 x 425mm. 1. ff. 1-7r. ‘A Love-Song’ (words ‘To Chloë’ by William Cartwright) for voice, guitar or lute and cello; 1984. Two pencil scores and two ink scores. Dedicated to...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1956-1991
Extent:
1 item

4. MS Mus. 1081

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1081
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1081. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. iv. Songs; 1944-1983. ff. 116. 390 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-8v. ‘Aubade’ (words, Shakespeare and Thomas Heywood, first words ‘Hark, hark the lark at heaven’s gate sings’ and ‘Pack, clouds, away’) for soprano, two violins and harpsichord; 1951. Scor...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1983
Extent:
1 item

5. MS Mus. 1082

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1082
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1082. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. v. Instrumental music; 1947-1973. ff. 113. 395 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-7v. Variations on a theme by Béla Bartók, for piano; 1947, revised 1948. In ink. 2. ff. 9-15v. Suite in E, for piano; 1948. In ink. 3. ff. 16-47r. Sonata for clarinet and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1947-1973
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 1083

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1083
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1083. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. vi. Instrumental music; 1971-1995. ff. 117. 380 x 290mm. 1. ff. 1-42r. Fantasia for piano; 1978-80. Inscribed ‘To Tim’ [sc. O. W. Neighbour]. Pencil draft (ff. 1-15), final version in ink with pencil annotations (ff. 16-28), photocopy with ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971-1995
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 1084

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1084
Title:
Christopher Shaw: Incidental music and film music
Scope & Content:
1. ff. 1-35r. ‘Sestriere-1949’, music for a film, for strings, woodwinds, two horns, piano, percussion and accordeon; 1951. Ink score. 2. ff. 36-65. ‘Cymbeline: suite of incidental music for Shakespeare’s play’, for chamber ensemble; 1951. For the Festival of Britain Oxford University Festival ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1955
Extent:
1 volume (i + 90 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1085

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1085
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1085. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. viii. Editions and arrangements; 1969-1992. ff. 163. 400 x 300mm. 1. ff. 1-5. Ludwig van Beethoven: ‘Die Ehre Gottes aus der Natur’ (‘Creation’s Hymn’), arranged for mixed chorus and piano; 1971. Words in English. Arranged for the funeral o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1992
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 1086

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1086
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1086. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. ix. Editions and arrangements; 1970-1992. Some in oblong format. ff. 19. 310 x 360mm. 1. ff. 1-6. Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Trio super “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”’, BWV 655, arranged for two violins and continuo; May 1992. Pencil and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1992
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 1087

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1087
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1087. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. x. La belle Hélène Vol. x. Act 1 and the first half of Act 2. ff. 138. 370 x 265mm. Jacques Offenbach, composer: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Opera La belle Helène by Offenbach, arranged for voices and reduced orchestra by Christoph...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item