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Container Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1167-1168

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1167
Title:: John McCabe: 'Notturni ed Alba', song-cycle for soprano and orchestra
Scope & Content:: Words, medieval Latin. Commissioned by Hereford Arts Association for the 1970 Three Choirs Festival and first performed in 1970. Typescript programme note and words (ff. 1-6); ink and pencil sketches (ff. 7-43); typescript notes (ff. 45-50); piano reduction (ff. 51-107).
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: 1970
Extent:: 1 volume (107 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: MS Mus. 1168
Title:: John McCabe: 'Scenes in America Deserta', for a capella chorus
Scope & Content:: Words, Reyner Banham. Commissioned by the King’s Singers and first performed in 1987. Preliminary notes and draft full score, with extensive amendments.
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1986
Extent:: 1 volume (13 folios)

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