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4651. MS Mus. 1855/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/1/3
Title:
Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1960-1966
Scope & Content:
97 letters, as follows: 1960 New Sheffield Symphony Orchestra (15 January 1960) Bernard Rose (23 January 1960) John Downing (3 February 1960) Reverend W. E. Plumbridge (4 February 1960) Bernard Rose (7 February 1960) Peter Wallfisch (21 February 1960) New Sheffield Symphony Orchestra (27 Febru...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1960-1966
Extent:
1 folder (118 folios)

4652. MS Mus. 1855/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/1/4
Title:
Letters to Kenneth Leighton, 1967-1976, and undated
Scope & Content:
91 letters, as follows: 1967-1969 Frederic Symonds, of The Organ Club (30 January 1967) Christopher Morris, Oxford University Press (31 January 1967) John Scarfe (19 February 1967) Joan Dickson (8 March 1967) Ronald Woan, organist (14 April 1967) Nicholas Danby, organist (22 June 1967) Raphael ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1967-1980s
Extent:
1 folder (103 folios)

4653. MS Mus. 1855/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/2
Title:
Letters from Kenneth Leighton
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1855/2/1: Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Lydia Vignapiano (later Leighton). 1951-1953. MS Mus. 1855/2/2: Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Robert Leighton. 1978-1988.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1988
Extent:
2 folders

4654. MS Mus. 1855/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/2/1
Title:
Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Lydia Vignapiano (later Leighton)
Scope & Content:
24 letters from Kenneth Leighton to Lydia Vignapiano (later Leighton), the majority in Italian. 1951-1953. The letters date from just before their marriage, and after Kenneth Leighton’s studies in Rome with Goffredo Petrassi. At the time he was living in Deal and corresponding with Lydia in Ital...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1951-1953
Extent:
1 folder (79 folios)

4655. MS Mus. 1855/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/2/2
Title:
Letters from Kenneth Leighton to Robert Leighton
Scope & Content:
14 letters from Kenneth Leighton to his son, Robert Leighton concerning performances and compositions. The letters date from 1978 until 1988.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978-1988
Extent:
1 folder (18 folios)

4656. MS Mus. 1855/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1855/3
Title:
Scrapbook formerly belonging to Kenneth Leighton
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook containing cuttings from newspapers of reviews and listings of works by Kenneth Leighton, dating between 1954 and 1963. Also includes loose concert programmes as follows: Cheltenham Festival of British Contemporary Music, 1956 Henry Wood Promenade Concert, Thursday 3 September 1959 Bo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1990
Extent:
1 volume

4657. MS Mus. 1856

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1856
Title:
Frederick Delius: two movements from an early string quartet in C minor
Scope & Content:
Two movements of an early piece for string quartet in C minor by Frederick Delius. Dated ‘1888-1891’ at the top of the first page but with the later date crossed out in pencil. Mostly in brown ink, with extensive annotations and amendments in both ink and pencil. Written on four staves per syste...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1888-1891
Extent:
1 volume (14 folios)

4658. MS Mus. 1858

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1858
Title:
Michael Tippett: ‘4 Songs from the British Isles’, autograph working manuscript
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-11. Autograph working manuscript, in pencil, of ‘4 Songs from the British Isles’ (originally ‘Islands’). Arrangements of four traditional songs for SATB voices by Michael Tippett, as follows: (1). ff. 5-6. ‘England. Early One Morning’ (2). ff. 6-8. ‘Ireland. Lilliburlero’ (3). ff. 8-9. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-1964
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

4659. MS Mus. 1860

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1860
Title:
John Alexander Fuller Maitland: '5 Waltzes for pianoforte solo'
Scope & Content:
A sequence of five waltzes for piano by J. A. Fuller Maitland, handwritten in ink. Undated.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Late 19th century
Extent:
6 folios

4660. MS Mus. 1861

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1861
Title:
Letters from Alan Bush to the organist Robert Crowley
Scope & Content:
35 letters from the composer Alan Bush (1900-1995) to the organist Robert Crowley, dating from between 1987 and 1995. The majority are from 1988 and 1989 and concern the commissioning and composition of the 'Prelude and Concert Piece' for organ (op. 116), the 'Suite for Organ' (op. 117) and the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1995
Extent:
1 volume (41 folios)

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