C. IGOR STRAVINSKY: ‘Etude pour orchestre’ (‘Madrid’, the fourth of the ‘Quatre études pour orchestre’); circa 1928. Copyist’s score in pencil, probably in the hand of Catherine Stravinsky, annotated partly in autograph. Signed by the composer, ff. 31, 32, and dated ‘1917-1928’. The annotations mainly consist of corrections of the copyist’s errors. Some of these corrections were not incorporated into either of the published scores. Orchestrated from the ‘Etude for Pianola’ (1917). Published ...
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includes: ff. 31-42 Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, composer: Catherine Stravinsky, wife of I F Stravinsky: 'Madrid', étude for orchestra by Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, probably in the hand of Catherine Stravinsky: 1928: Copy, with autogr. annotations.
D. PETER WARLOCK: ‘One More River’, song (words anonymous); [circa 1925]. The song was originally written in two versions, one scored for baritone solo, unison male voice chorus and piano, the other for four male voices and piano. This is an arrangement of the accompaniment for strings, piano and timpani. Purchased by Tyson at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (lot 432). ff. 43-54. Largest size 356 x 264mm. 1. ff. 43-5. Score of the accompaniment only, in black ink, with words and cues for solo and ...
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includes: ff. 43-72 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Songs: circa 1925-30: Autogr.
E. WARLOCK: ‘Youth’, song for voice and piano (words, Robert Wever); July 1928. Score, in ink. Autograph. A copy of the score in Add. 52907, ff. 5-6, with engraver’s markings in pencil and ink. Published Elkin & Co., 1928. Purchased by Richard Macnutt at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (part of lot 423), and subsequently passed to Tyson. ff. 55-6. 355 x 262mm.
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includes: ff. 55-6 Robert Wever, poet: Song, 'Youth', by P. Warlock, to words by R. Wever: 1928.
F. WARLOCK: ‘The Fairest May’, song (words anonymous, from Harley 7578); 6 Nov. 1930. A rewriting of the song ‘As ever I saw’ for voice and string quartet. Autograph score and parts, in ink. The original title is deleted and replaced on the score, but remains on the parts. With a letter from Ian Copley to Tyson, dated 11 Sept. 1965 (ff. 71-2). Original version for voice and piano published Winthrop Rogers, 1919. Purchased by Tyson at Sotheby’s, 20 July 1965 (lot 425). ff. 57-72. 310 x 237mm...
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includes: ff. 71-2 Ian Alfred Copley, composer: Alan Walker Tyson, musicologist: Letter to Alan Walker Tyson from Ian Alfred Copley: 1965: Typewritten, signed.
Palamow New Fort from the Old. Decr. 1813 Artist: Smith, Robert (1787-1873)
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Pencil drawing of the New Fort at Palamau, Bihar from the Old by Robert Smith (1787-1873) dated December 1813. This is one of 27 drawings (28 folios) of views in Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Sasaram, Hazaribagh and Palamau taken in 1813.