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1. MS Mus. 1843/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/1
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Manuscript drafts and sketches for The Light of Life, Caractacus, The Kingdom and The Crown of India
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-2. The Light of Life (Lux Christi), op. 29. Composed and first performed 1896. Side drum part for no. 11, recitative and chorus (‘They brought him to the Pharisees’) only. Headed 'The Light of Life' in Elgar's hand. Former references: MS72; 1977.700.1. (2). ff. 3-4. Caractacus, op. 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1912
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1843/1/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/10/1
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Part songs with or without accompaniment
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-24. Part songs with or without accompaniment, by Edward Elgar and in his hand. (1). ff. 1-3. ‘As torrents etc arranged as a unison song’. Draft for an arrangement of 'As torrents in summer', from King Olaf, as a unison song with piano accompaniment. Pages are numbered 1, 3 and 4 and all ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1925
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1843/1/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/10/2
Title:
Title: Elgar Birthplace Collection: Part songs with or without accompaniment: The Lowestoft Boat, orchestral parts.
Scope & Content:
Set of orchestral parts for ‘The Lowestoft Boat’, the first of the four songs from The Fringes of the Fleet. The material comprises: ff. 2-15. A vocal score as published by Enoch & Sons, with ‘conductor’ added in red ink at the top and rehearsal marks added inside but otherwise unannotated ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1843/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/11
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: The Birthright
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3. The Birthright, 'Marching song for Boys in unison with accompaniment for Bugles & Drums'. Composed by Elgar in 1914. Score, in ink. Bound volume. Former references: MS44; 1977.648.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1843/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/12
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymns and anthems in English
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-16. Hymns and anthems in English composed by Edward Elgar and in his hand unless otherwise stated. (1). f. 1-2. ‘Praise ye the Lord on every Height’ (later provided with new text to become Good Morrow). Soprano part, fair copy. Headed 'No. 15. Praise' and stamped 'St. George's Catholic C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1929
Extent:

1 volume (16 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1843/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/13
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: I sing the birth
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-9. ‘I Sing the Birth’, for unaccompanied SATB chorus with piano part for rehearsal purposes. The manuscript is titled 'Carol (An Hymn on the Nativity of my Saviour) by Ben Jonson with the Alleluias added'. Fair copy in ink, marked up for engraving. The first page has the copyright line '19...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1843/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/14
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymn cards
Scope & Content:
Six sets of cards containing individual voice parts: soprano (three sets), tenor, bass (two sets). The cards are pre-printed with words and blank stave lines, with the tunes copied in various hands, including in some cases Elgar's. The following have been identified as having been composed or ha...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 box (60 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1843/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/15
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymns in Latin
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-25. Hymns in Latin, composed by Edward Elgar. (1). f. 1. 'Kyrie eleison', in A major, for SATB voices. No date, but in the composer's early handwriting and thought to have been written when Elgar was a child. Former references: MS132; 2000.018, from the collection of Wulstan Atkins. (2)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1886
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

9. MS Mus. 1843/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/16
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Litanies
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-17. Individual litanies in score. Numbers 3, 6, 7 and 11 are believed to have been composed in part by Elgar around 1885-1886. (1). ff. 1-2. 'Litany', for SATB voices. Undated fair copy of 'Litany 3' (see MS Mus. 1843/1/18) in an unknown hand. Former references: MS95; 1999.013. (2). ff....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

10. MS Mus. 1843/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/17
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Litanies, parts for individual voices
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-21. Cards with pre-printed words and blank staves, to which music for various litanies has been added, mainly in Elgar’s hand. Each card contains an individual voice part for the litanies which are believed to have been composed, at least in part, by Elgar. (1). ff. 1-6. 'Litany No. 5' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1888
Extent:
1 volume (21 folios)