Thea Musgrave: 'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses', opera. Materials relating to world première production
Scope & Content:
(1.) Correspondence with Robert Claytor, dedicatee of the opera and director of the Norfolk Southern railway company, the principal sponsor of the world première production. (2.) Drawings of set designs by Jeff Beecroft. Photocopies. (3.) Educational materials produced at the time of the world pr...
Thea Musgrave: 'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses', opera. Revisions and early vocal score fragment
Scope & Content:
(1.) Vocal score of early version of Act I prelude; 1982. (2.) Lists and annotated photocopies indicating revisions to the full score and vocal score after the world première; July 1985-January 1986. (3.) Lists and revised pages relating to revisions to the vocal score after the world première; 1...
Thea Musgrave: 'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses', opera. Full score: Act 1
Scope & Content:
Act 1. Score, in ink. Some cancelled sections and sketches in ink and pencil on the verso of some leaves. (A.) pp. 1-137 (to figure 75) (B.) pp. 138-229 (to figure 145) (C.) pp. 230-356 (to figure 234)
Thea Musgrave: 'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses', opera. Full score: Act 2
Scope & Content:
Act 2. Score, in ink. Some cancelled sections and sketches in ink and pencil on the verso of some leaves. (A.) pp. 356-472 (to figure 81) (B.) pp. 473-621 (to figure 184)
Thea Musgrave: 'The Story of Harriet Tubman', adaptation by J. Grant. Full score for section corresponding to Act 2 of the opera, and vocal score 'link pages'
Scope & Content:
(1.) Section corresponding to Act II of the opera, pp. 193-343. (2.) 'MS link pages…reference only'. Passages of vocal score, where it differs from the vocal score for the opera.