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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1804 Level [40] File

101. MS Mus. 1804/2/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/2/9
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Journey into Light', for soprano and chamber orchestra
Scope & Content:
Work unpublished, but available on hire. (1.) 'Journey into light. Final sketches'. A continuous draft, on 23 leaves of paper, in pencil and inks, the verso of some leaves containing rougher sketches. (2.) Full score; 2004-2005. In ink. (3.) Notes for and drafts of the parts for the two natural ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2004-2005
Extent:

1 volume

102. MS Mus. 1804/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/1
Title:
Thea Musgrave: choral works: 'Song of the burn' and six others
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Song of the Burn, from Cantata for a Summer's Day'; 1965. Words by Maurice Lindsay. Score on transparencies. An arrangement for SSA of the song originally for SATB composed in 1954. (2.) 'Memento Creatoris', for SATB choir; 1967. Words by John Donne. Score on transparencies. (3.) 'Rorate Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1986
Extent:
1 volume

103. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/1
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Libretto drafts, research, and related correspondence
Scope & Content:
Drafts of the libretto, interfiled with research notes and correspondence between Musgrave and the librettist Christa Cooper. The correspondence also includes letters from Musgrave to Agnes Scott College, the commissioning organisation. Chiefly annotated typescripts.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1989
Extent:
1 volume

104. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/2
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Sketches and composition drafts
Scope & Content:
Notes, sketches, and drafts ('final sketches'). These include substantial material relating to the music for tape, in the Prologue and tape-only Epilogues.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1989
Extent:
1 volume

105. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Full score
Scope & Content:
(1.) Libretto; 1988. Typescript. (2.) Full score; May 1989. In ink. Foliated by the composer. Includes the Prologue (4 leaves, foliated A–D), but not the tape-only Epilogues.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1989
Extent:
1 volume

106. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/4
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Vocal scores and correction sheets
Scope & Content:
(1.) Vocal score; May 1989. In a bound photocopied booklet, with the corrections annotated in red ink. Foliated by the composer. Includes two blank but foliated pages for the Prologue, but does not include the tape-only Epilogues. (2.) List of errata in parts, photocopied. (3.) 4 'correction shee...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1989
Extent:
1 volume

107. MS Mus. 1804/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: choral works: 'Midnight', 'On the Underground' sets 1, 2 and 3, 'Going North'
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Midnight', for SATB choir, words by John Keats; 1992. Sketches and composition draft. (2.) 'On the Underground Set no. 1 (On gratitude, love & Madness)', for SATB choir, words by James Berry, Sheenagh Pugh, W.B. Yeats, Stevie Smith, Adrienne Rich and Emily Dickinson; 1994. Sketches; sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-2004
Extent:
1 volume

108. MS Mus. 1804/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/4
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Voices of Power and Protest', a dramatic concert work for unaccompanied chorus
Scope & Content:
Previously known as 'Voices of Warning and Pity'. (1.) Series of drawings illustrating plot and choreography, with notes and plans. (2.) 'Making the libretto; 1977-2007. Libretto sketches and drafts, including typewritten, and computer-typeset material. (3.) Annotated libretto drafts, 8 versions...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1977-2006
Extent:
1 volume

109. MS Mus. 1804/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/5
Title:
Thea Musgrave choral works: 'Ithaca' and four others
Scope & Content:
(1.) ff. 1-60. 'Ithaca', for unaccompanied chorus, words by C.P. Cavafy, translated by Avi Sharon; 2009–2010? Sketches; composition draft; score. Message from Musgrave to Robert Worby relating to preparation for a radio programme. (2.) ff. 61-74. 'Starlight', for unaccompanied chorus, words by He...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2009-2013
Extent:
1 volume

110. MS Mus. 1804/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/4/1
Title:
Thea Musgrave: Solo vocal works: 'Songs to poems by Pound and MacNiece' and five others
Scope & Content:
(1.) Five songs to poems by Ezra Pound and Louis Macneice, for baritone and piano; 1951. The titles of the songs are: 'Δώρια' (also known as 'Be in me'); 'Aubade'; 'Dance figure'; 'An immorality'; 'The Return'. Scores; programme for a performance on 16 May 1951 at the Cercle de l'Union Interallié...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1956
Extent:
1 volume