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1. MS Mus. 1746/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1746/1
Title:
Lew Stone Collection: Non-music manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Non-music manuscripts accompanying the collection: 1. Photocopy of brief biography of Lew Stone by Julian Vedey (Julian Vedey, Band Leaders (London Rockliff, 1950), pp. 70-79: almost all of chapter 10). ff. 1-6 2. Blank sheet of headed paper Lew Stone’s name and address as header. f. 7 3. Concer...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1950 – January 1988
Extent:
3 items; 8 folios

2. MS Mus. 1746/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1746/2
Title:
Lew Stone Collection: Music manuscript drafts and sketches
Scope & Content:
Autograph drafts and sketches for arrangements, original compositions or collaborations, for Lew Stone’s own reference. 1. f. 1. ‘Chambermaid Dance’, sketch for piano or guitar partDated 3rd June 1945 and September 2/7 2. f. 2. ‘How easy to see’, sketchOn reverse: bass part of ‘The night has a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1930 - May 1951
Extent:
1 volume; 18 items; 32 folios

3. MS Mus. 1746/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1746/3
Title:
Lew Stone Collection: Arrangements and compositions for performance
Scope & Content:
This series, which makes up the majority of the Lew Stone collection (MS Mus.1746), comprises arrangements of songs (in some cases original compositions) to be performed by Lew Stone’s Orchestra or Band. For most songs, there is a general (though not unbroken) pattern of a full score for Stone’s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1932 – 1968
Extent:
40 volumes