Thea Musgrave: orchestral works. 'Nocturnes and arias', 'Variations for brass band'
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Scores, on transparencies, in ink. (1.) 'Nocturnes and Arias', a suite from 'The Decision', for orchestra; 1965. (2.) 'Variations for brass band'; 1966. 'Short score'.
Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera. Libretto drafts
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Libretto draft, '1st Draft Jan 1964', typewritten with handwritten annotations. Foliation restarts with each scene. Libretto draft, '4th Draft Oct 1964 + corrections Nov 1964' (struck-out), typewritten with handwritten annotations. Foliation runs continuously throughout the draft. Libretto draft,...
(1.) 'Scottish Dance Suite' for concert band, 1974. Score, dyeline copy on bifoliate paper. Unlike many Musgrave scores, this is a transposing score. (2.) 'Orfeo II: an Improvisation on a theme', for solo flute and fifteen strings. Text for programme notes; annotated photocopies of the solo flute...
Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera. Chorus edition of vocal score
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Passages from the vocal score adapted specifically for the chorus (abbreviating or excluding sections in which the chorus is not involved), on transparencies, bearing a copyright date of 1965. Leaves which are identical to the main vocal score are not present. Foliation is at the bottom-centre of...
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Libretto drafts, research, and related correspondence
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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.
Thea Musgrave: Viola concerto. Unannotated solo viola part and score
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(1.) Solo viola part, unannotated, in ink on transparencies; 1973. (2.) Score; 1973. In ink on transparencies. Many leaves are marked with a small cross, in blue pencil, towards the bottom. Foliated by the composer. This score corresponds to the facsimile edition by Novello (1975).
Thea Musgrave: 'The Seasons', for orchestra: sketches
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'Sketches'. After some overall plans, including a leaf with cross-references to paintings, the sketches are grouped by movement, each group enclosed in a bifolio.