G. Letter from Vaughan Williams to an unidentified recipient, concerning payment of subscriptions; 1953. Purchased from Richard Macnutt Ltd., 2 July 1996. f. 146.
E. Sketch-leaf for ‘Hodie’, cantata for soprano, tenor and baritone soloists, mixed chorus, boys’ voices, organ and orchestra; circa 1953-4. Autograph, in ink. A sketch for the twelfth movement, ‘Bright portals of the sky’ (words, William Drummond), for tenor and orchestra. The full score is Add...
D. Letters (2) from Vaughan Williams to Sir Michael Tippett; circa 1941, [1943]. Autograph. The letters concern Tippett’s position as a conscientious objector and the provision of a music library at Morley College. Presented by Sir Michael Tippett, 6 June 1997. ff. 119-22. Sir Michael Kemp Tip...
E. Letter from Vaughan Williams to Ursula Vaughan Williams; dated ‘Wednesday’ [?24 July 1957]. Autograph. Written to Ursula while she was staying with her mother following the death of her father, Major-General Sir Robert Lock, and referring to a performance of The Poisoned Kiss at the Royal A...
MS Mus. 164. SUPPLEMENTARY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xii. Certificate awarding Vaughan Williams membership of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music; 27 Feb. 1947. Swedish. Printed. For an English translation, covering letter, and description of the uniform, see MS Mus. 162 C. Presented by ...
MS Mus. 165. SUPPLEMENTARY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. xiii. Diploma from the fourth international film festival of Czechoslovakia, awarded to Vaughan Williams for his score for the film ‘Scott of the Antarctic’; 1949. Czech. Printed. See Ursula Vaughan Williams, R.V.W. (Oxford, 1964), p....
MS Mus. 161. SUPPLEMENTARY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. ix. Miscellaneous correspondence; circa 1920 – 1957. ff. 146. Largest size 263 x 209mm.
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includes: f. 131 Harold David Rosenthal, writer on music: Rodolfo Celletti, writer on music: A. R. Peers, of Seymour Press Ltd: Copy of a letter from Harold Rosenthal's assistant to A. R. Peers: 1978: Typewritten.
MS Mus. 153. SUPPLEMENTARY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. i. ‘On Wenlock Edge’ (song cycle to words by A. E. Housman): full score of the arrangement for full orchestra; [1923]. Autograph mainly in pencil, largely written over in ink, with some engraver’s markings. This arrangement was first ...
MS Mus. 158. SUPPLEMENTARY VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. vi. Letters from Vaughan Williams to Gustav Holst, with one letter from Adeline Vaughan Williams to Holst; circa 1895 – circa 1934, n.d. Mainly autograph; partly in other hands. The other half of the correspondence is at Add. 57953. S...