TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. iv. Act II. ff. 51. Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Charles Johnson, dramatic writer: `The Village Opera', ballad opera by Charles Johnson, arranged by Sir Michael Kemp Tippett: 1927-1928.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvi. Sketches for the Concerto for piano and orchestra (1953-1955) and various other works; 1946-1978, n.d. Mainly pencil. The concerto was first performed at Birmingham Town Hall, 6 Oct. 1956. Pencil score at the Barber Institute for Fine Arts, Birmingham. Fu...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvii. Two sketches for an orchestral work, 'Masque of the Queens'; n.d. Pencil score with a few ink annotations. Apparently incomplete. One sketch (ff. 2-3v), headed 'Interlude I', is an arrangement of 'Fairest Isle' from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (see also...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxxi. Music for 'The Tempest' (by William Shakespeare), for voices and instruments; 1962. With a signed letter from Tippett to Eric [Walter White?] dated 15 Mar. 1968 (ff. 1-2v). First performed at the Old Vic, London, 29 May 1962. For Ariel's three songs (ff. ...
BOULT PAPERS: (SERIES II) Vol. xiv. General correspondence; Jan. – Mar., May 1979. ff. 162. Overall size 298 x 233mm. includes: f. 1 Kyla Crowcroft, of London: Letter to Sir A. C. Boult: 1979: Autogr.f. 2 Christopher Herrick, organist and conductor: Letters to Sir A. C. Boult: 1979: Autog...
MS Mus. 104. DONALD MITCHELL COLLECTION. Vol. viii. Miscellaneous papers; 1876-1989. Papers by and relating to members of the Mahler family (ff. 1-36); – autograph manuscripts of Igor Stravinsky (ff. 37-48); – correspondence and other papers (ff. 49-138). In ink, unless stated otherwise. ff. 13...
D. (ff. i + 80.) Miscellaneous writings; [1987-9], n.d. As follows:— i. ff. 1-11. A Companion to the Orchestra (1987 ): draft texts for the entries for ‘Atonality’, ‘Alla breve’, ‘A cappella’, ‘Aleatoric Music’, ‘Alberti Bass’, ‘Absolute Pitch’ and ‘B.A.C.H. Theme’. ii. ff. 12-16. Review of M....
D. Letters from Sir Michael Tippett to the art historian Carlos Peacock and his wife Cynthia; 1948-58. With two letters from Duncan Grant to the Peacocks (ff. 124-7) and a postcard from Cynthia Peacock, dated 1998 (f. 128). All autograph. Purchased from John Wilson (Autographs) Ltd (cat. 87, no....
E. Letters from Sir Michael Tippett to the music critic Ernest Newman; 1946-8. Partly autograph, partly typewritten, signed. Purchased at Sotheby’s, 26 May 2000 (lot 264). ff. 129-55. includes: ff. 129-55 Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: William Roberts, alias 'Ernest Newman'; mu...
D. Letters (2) from Vaughan Williams to Sir Michael Tippett; circa 1941, [1943]. Autograph. The letters concern Tippett’s position as a conscientious objector and the provision of a music library at Morley College. Presented by Sir Michael Tippett, 6 June 1997. ff. 119-22. Sir Michael Kemp Tip...