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4661. MS Mus. 1862

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1862
Title:
Giuseppe Verdi: 'Macbeth', annotated vocal score
Scope & Content:
Vocal score for the opera Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi, published in Milan by Ricordi, c. 1847. Printed score in oblong format, paginated 5-257. This first edition of the vocal score, representing the original form of the opera, seems to be the variant identified by Cecil Hopkinson as 46A(c): see C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1847-1901
Extent:
1 volume

4662. MS Mus. 1863

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1863
Title:
Sir Arthur Sullivan: Symphony in E major, autograph full score
Scope & Content:
‘Symphony in E’ for orchestra, in four movements, by Arthur Sullivan. Autograph full score in black ink with annotations in black ink, red ink, pencil and blue pencil. Bound in green leather, similar to other Sullivan autograph scores (see MS Mus. 1824/1/7/1 for example). The pages appear to hav...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1860s-1915
Extent:
1 bound volume (137 folios)

4663. MS Mus. 1864

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1864
Title:
Elisabeth Lutyens: 'String Quartet No. 6', autograph score
Scope & Content:
'String Quartet No. 6', opus 25. Autograph score in black ink. In two parts: 'Primo:- Molto Moderato' 'Secondo:- Adagio' A dedication to Francis Bacon appears at the top of the score and 'Blackheath Dec. 1962' appears at the end. The title page has another dedication, this time to Lutyens' niec...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-1962
Extent:
1 volume (4 folios)

4664. MS Mus. 1866

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1866
Title:
Violin pieces dedicated to Jelly d’Arányi and Adile Fachiri
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts of six pieces for violin with piano or orchestra, dedicated to either Jelly d’Arányi or her sister, Adile Fachiri. (1). Sir Arthur Somervell: ‘Concertstück in D minor’, for violin and orchestra. Three-page fragment of a short score, written in ink and starting at page 11 until the e...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1912-c 1950
Extent:
1 volume (6 items)

4665. MS Mus. 1868

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1868
Title:
Volume of music for the lute by German, Austrian and French composers, previously in the library of Arnold Dolmetsch
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-94. Volume of lute music thought to have been copied around 1755 or later, probably in Vienna or Prague. A title page, in a later hand and in English states: 'A collection of Allemandes, Courantes, Fantasias, Fuges, Gavottes, Menuets, Paisanes, Sarabandes &c. In tablature for the lute ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Mid 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 94 folios)

4666. MS Mus. 1869

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1869
Title:
Volume of divisions for bass viol by Daniel Norcombe, Christopher Simpson, William Young and others
Scope & Content:
The first half of this volume (ff. 1-33v) contains sets of divisions for solo bass viol by Daniel Norcombe (17 sets) and Christopher Simpson (3 sets), as well as the Ground by 'Pole Wheele' (ff. 29v-30r). A further 15 unattributed pieces include two identified in a later hand as being by William...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1650-1680s
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 48 folios)

4667. MS Mus. 1870

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1870
Title:
Letters and a poem from Ralph Vaughan Williams to Eva Hornstein and others
Scope & Content:
f. 1. Poem by Ralph Vaughan Williams written to Eva Hornstein. For a transcription, see Michael Kennedy, The Works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, OUP, 1964, pp. 380-381. ff. 2-xx. Letters and cards from Ralph Vaughan Williams. Dates in square brackets are from the Vaughan Williams Letters Database ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
ca 1951-1958
Extent:

1 volume

4668. MS Mus. 1872

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1872
Title:
Sketchbook containing drawings of musicians, made by by 'P. Arnold'
Scope & Content:
Bound volume with 'Celebrities' written on the front and the name 'P. Arnold'. Inside are pencil and ink sketches of various conductors and musicians, drawn while they were visiting Liverpool, Blackpool and Lytham St Annes between 1944 and 1951. Some sketches are signed and most are dated with a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1944-1951
Extent:
1 volume (i + 54 folios)

4669. MS Mus. 1873

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1873
Title:
Letters from Steve Martland to Roger Wright
Scope & Content:
28 letters and postcards from the composer Steve Martland to Roger Wright. All date from Wright's time as director of the British Music Information Centre, with the majority from 1983 and 1984 and another four from 1985 and 1986. The often lengthy letters discuss, among other things: pieces bein...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-2012
Extent:
1 volume (43 folios)

4670. MS Mus. 1874

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1874
Title:
Letters from Keith Hardwick to Sir John and Heather Boreham
Scope & Content:
13 letters from EMI chief sound engineer, Keith Hardwick, to Sir John and Heather Boreham about various matters, including Hardwick's work at EMI and on the Historic Recordings series. The original order has been retained and this appears to be chronological, although not all are fully dated. Th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989?-1994
Extent:
1 folder (24 folios)

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