(1.) Chamber Concerto no. 3; 1966–1967. Sketches, including a written-out tone-matrix and structural plans. Composition draft ('final sketches'). Score, on transparencies. (2.) Impromptu, no. 1; 1967. For flute and oboe. Dedicated to Janet Craxton and Douglas Whittaker. Sketches. Score, with a no...
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...
Thea Musgrave: 'Beauty and the beast'. Cuts and revisions
Scope & Content:
(1.) List of cuts and revisions, using rehearsal figures as reference-points. (2.) Revised passages showing the lines for the flute, 1st clarinet, and bassoon at figures 124, 125, 126, and 127 (these revisions not mentioned in the list above). (3.) Superseded versions of passages which have been ...
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...
Thea Musgrave: 'The Seasons', for orchestra: score
Scope & Content:
Score, bearing a copyright date of 1987. The verso of the leaves of prefatory material contain supserseded sketches for 'Niobe'; all other leaves are blank on verso.
Thea Musgrave: 'Green', for twelve strings: score and parts
Scope & Content:
(1.) Score; 2007. (2.) Printout of message from Musgrave to 'John' (Mortimer), detailing corrections to the typeset score and parts, with a yellow post-it note addressed to 'Nicholas' (Dr Nicolas Bell). (3.) Typeset score and parts, annotated, with most such annotations indicated through the use ...