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Container Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1774/8 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

1. MS Mus. 1774/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/1
Title:
Richard Arnell: Miscellaneous letters
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters (and related material) originally retained together by Arnell in a single file, comprising: (1). ff. 3-4. Typed words [c 1960] in Welsh for 'Wales' (Op. 94). (2). ff. 5-12. Correspondence relating to Robert Flaherty: typed letter (1975) from Monica [Flaherty] (daughter); po...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
1960-1994
Extent:

108 folios

2. MS Mus. 1774/8/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/2
Title:
Richard Arnell: Letters regarding Fanfare for a Lifeboat (Op. 180)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: (1) Various letters (1993-98) from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) regarding Arnell's Fanfare for the naming of a new lifeboat at Aldeburgh (31 May 1994), and its subsequent recording. Later letters touch upon the possible assignment of copyright to RNLI. (2) N...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1993-1998
Extent:

17 folios

3. MS Mus. 1774/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/3
Title:
Richard Arnell: 'Secret Agent'
Scope & Content:
Various materials relating to a projected opera (based on the novel by Joseph Conrad) with words by Edward Lucie-Smith: 1. ff. 1-8. Typed synopsis, photocopy. 2. ff. 9-25. Correspondence with Edward Lucie-Smith . 3. ff. 26-53. Other correspondence, including Royal Opera House and The English Ope...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974-1977
Extent:

60 folios

4. MS Mus. 1774/8/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/4
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and rough notes regarding Call (Op. 133)
Scope & Content:
Correspondence concerning Call (Op. 133) for harp and orchestra, including letters from David Watkins (harpist), Eric Bravington (London Philharmonic Orchestra), and The Arts Council. Together with various composition notes about the work.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1987
Extent:
1 file

5. MS Mus. 1774/8/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/5
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence, notes and pencil sketch material for Symphony No. 6 (Op. 179)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1. Various written notes and general ideas headed 'Symphony 6 or 7' and 'General Ideas / Philosophy of the Work' (dated 1973-86). Referred to as: 'Film Symphony. Not a musical work backing and illustrating a film, and not a film illustrating a piece of music, but a work which...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1994
Extent:

179 folios

6. MS Mus. 1774/8/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/6
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes regarding R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Correspondence relating to R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146), comprising several letters (1983-84) from Philip Turbett (The Ebony Quartet), and a letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams (1 June [1984]). The sequence of letters includes an unrelated letter from Colin Wilson (16 March 1984) con...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1995
Extent:

28 folios

7. MS Mus. 1774/8/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/7
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and sketch material for Six Lawrence Poems (Op. 150)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-25. Programme and press release for D. H. Lawrence Centenary Festival, 7-28 September 1985, at Eastwood, Nottingham. World premiere of Six Lawrence Poems, 24 September. (2). ff. 26-108. Correspondence (1983-85). (3). ff. 109-139. Sketch material. (4). ff. 141-142. Original storage fold...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1985
Extent:

141 folios

8. MS Mus. 1774/8/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/8
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to Ode to Beecham (Op. 154)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Correspondence (1985-86). (2). ff. 11-56. Text, by Arnell, in autograph draft and typed. (3). ff. 58-129. Various 'Production Notes'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1986
Extent:

129 folios

9. MS Mus. 1774/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/9
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to 24 Hours in TT Scale (Op. 156)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-47. 'Programme Notes', and typed and autograph words (by Arnell) (2). ff. 48-70. Sketch material (pencil) and related notes. (The music is attributed to Arnell and David Hewson.) (3). f. 71. Correspondence: a single letter (from Laurence Pollinger Ltd.).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:

71 folios

10. MS Mus. 1774/8/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/10
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes relating to Con Amore (Op. 160)
Scope & Content:
In the main, letters from Pamela Cook (Director, Cantamus Girls' Choir), and some letters from East Midland Arts relating to the commission. Includes a copy letter (13 February 1989) from Arnell to Bryan [Guinness]: 'I should like to incorporate the setting I did of your poem "The Summer is Comin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1993
Extent:

35 folios