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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1893 Level [40] File

1. MS Mus. 1893/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/1
Title:
Hugh Wood: Correspondence with the publishers Universal Edition (London) Ltd. and with J. & W. Chester
Scope & Content:
The file is sub-divided into two parts: correspondence with Universal Edition (Wood’s first publisher), and the first portion of his correspondence with his subsequent publisher, J. & W. Chester (1973-1979). For subsequent correspondence with Chester Music (1980-2008), see MS Mus. 1893/1/2. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1979
Extent:
1 file

2. MS Mus. 1893/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/2
Title:
Hugh Wood: Correspondence with publishers J. & W. Chester
Scope & Content:
The correspondence with publishers J. & W. Chester is arranged chronologically, divided by year. There is no correspondence for the years 1987, 1997-2001, and 2004-08. The file is sub-divided into three parts: 1. Correspondence with J. & W. Chester (1980-85). 2. Correspondence with J. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-2011
Extent:
1 file

3. MS Mus. 1893/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/3
Title:
Hugh Wood: Correspondence with the BBC
Scope & Content:
The material in this file is sub-divided into two parts. 1. Correspondence with named correspondents (as maintained by Wood), and correspondence concerning the Young Composer's Forum, as follows: Glock, William (1968-88). Begins with a brief letter (1968) from Glock commissioning 'your Cello Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-2002
Extent:
1 file

4. MS Mus. 1893/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/4
Title:
Hugh Wood: Talks, Articles, Programme Notes, Reviews
Scope & Content:
1. Articles and BBC radio talks: (a). Copy script for BBC Third Programme talk (untitled) on Stravinsky. Broadcast 23 March 1961. Begins: 'At 78, Stravinsky is still one move ahead of his public.' (4 sheets.) (b). 'Beethoven' (Radio 3 talk). Four photocopied pages from The Listener (10 September...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-2014
Extent:
1 file

5. MS Mus. 1893/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/5
Title:
Hugh Wood: Wood's Programme Notes for His Compositions, and Reviews of His Work
Scope & Content:
1. Hugh Wood's typed programme notes for many of his compositions. The notes are sometimes in draft form and, for some works, exist in more than one version having evidently been written for different occasions. There are notes for the following Opus numbers: Op.1. Variations for viola and piano...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-[c 2010]
Extent:
1 file

6. MS Mus. 1893/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/1
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Pieces Written at School and at Oxford'
Scope & Content:
Music written at Oundle School, Northamptonshire (Wood entered as a boarder in 1945) and at New College, Oxford University (1951-54). Between school and university, Wood completed his National Service (1950-51). In the summer of 1948, Wood attended the first Summer School of Music at Bryanston S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1954
Extent:
1 file

7. MS Mus. 1893/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/2
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Drafts and Old Pieces 1954-61'
Scope & Content:
Note: for Wood's Laurie Lee settings (1956-59), see Opus 28. (1). Original front cover to the file: 'Drafts and Old Pieces 1954-61'. (2). 'Suite for Piano' dedicated to Dr Lloyd Webber. Three movements (Prelude, Gavotte, Sarabande), scored in pencil (1 bifolium). Dated: January-February 1956. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1961
Extent:
1 file

8. MS Mus. 1893/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/3
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Quartet in B flat
Scope & Content:
Dyeline autograph scores, including a version marked 'final cuts 20 Jan 2012'. The material comprises: (1). Front cover on orange card to Wood's file: 'String Quartet in B flat 1957'. (2). 'String 4tet in B flat. 1st mvt. only' [1956]. Dyeline score (front cover page and 13 pp.), unmarked exce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-2012
Extent:
1 file

9. MS Mus. 1893/2/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/4
Title:
Hugh Wood: Variations for Viola and Piano (Opus 1)
Scope & Content:
(1). Corrected copy, dated '4 May 1959' at top of title-page. Dyeline autograph score for viola and piano. Title-page and 12 pp of score, marked in pencil, incorporating pasted-down score on pp. 11 and 12. Composed September 1957- July 1958, revised January 1959. With dyeline viola part (title-p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1959
Extent:
1 file

10. MS Mus. 1893/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/5
Title:
Hugh Wood: Four Logue Songs (Opus 2)
Scope & Content:
Four settings of words by Christopher Logue, for contralto, clarinet, violin, and cello. Song I: 'The image of love grows'. Song II: 'Bargain my love'. Song III: 'In the beloved's face'. Song IV: 'Love, do not believe'. Words from Logue, Wand and Quadrant (1953). (1). Dyeline autograph full sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1959-1963
Extent:
1 file