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1. Add MS 69832-69834

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Add MS 69832-69834
Title:
Edward Elgar: Incidental music for 'Starlight Express' (play, Violet Pearn, after A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood), op. 78
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:

3 volumes

2. Add MS 69833

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Add MS 69833
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Sketches, mostly in short score
Scope & Content:
Some sketches are running drafts of substantial sections, others are single leaves relating to short passages only. In both sketches and autograph full score, Add MS 52530 A C, reference is made to the pagination of the libretto, Add MS 69832 A C. Identification in the following description is m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (126 folios)

3. Add MS 69832 A-D

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Add MS 69832 A-D
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Libretto.
Scope & Content:
Play by Violet A. Pearn after novel by Algernon Blackwood: 1915.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
4 items

4. Add MS 69834

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Add MS 69834
Title:
Edward Elgar: Correspondence relating to 'Starlight Express'
Scope & Content:
Letters, mostly addressed to Elgar, from Robin Legge, Lena Ashwell, Algernon Blackwood and others, relating to the composition and production of 'Starlight Express'; 1915-1916. Mostly signed. With records of the takings at the Kingsway Theatre, 29 Dec. 1915-29 Jan. 1916 (ff. 13-17). Reference is...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1916
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 17 folios)

5. Add MS 69832 D

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Add MS 69832 D
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Notes, mostly autograph, relating to the musical setting, and giving page numbers in the typewritten libretto
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (6 folios)

6. Add MS 69832 A-C

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Add MS 69832 A-C
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Typewritten libretto
Scope & Content:
With manuscript annotations, including Elgar's notes on musical setting.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
3 items

7. Add MS 69832 A

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Add MS 69832 A
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Libretto. Act I
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 71 folios)

8. Add MS 69832 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 69832 B
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Libretto. Act II
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 45 folios)

9. Add MS 69832 C

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 69832 C
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Starlight Express'. Libretto. Act III
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 40 folios)