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Container Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1804/1

1. MS Mus. 1804/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/2
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'The Abbot of Drimock'
Scope & Content:
Opera in one act. (1.) Full transposing score (most Musgrave scores are in C, so this is noteworthy). 'A chamber opera in three scenes'. The title-page is a transparency. (2.) Vocal score (reduction for piano and two percussionists). 'An opera in three scenes'. (3.) Two press cuttings by Donald...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1999
Extent:
1 volume

2. MS Mus. 1804/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: stage works. 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Marko the Miser', 'The Devil and John Brown'
Scope & Content:
(1) 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', incidental music for a production at the Old Vic premièred on 20 December 1960, conducted by John Lambert. Index of cues (stuck to inside of blue bifolio), letter, 7 November 1960 from Michael [?], providing a translation and transliteration of an ancient Greek; i...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1963
Extent:
1 volume

3. MS Mus. 1804/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/4
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Musgrave's opera 'The Decision', opera in three acts, completed in 1965, to a libretto by Maurice Lindsay, based on the television drama by Ken Taylor ('The Devil and John Brown'). See also MS Mus. 1804/1/3 and MS Mus. 1804/1/12/6/2/4.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964-1967
Extent:
11 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1804/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/5
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Beauty and the beast', ballet
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Musgrave's ballet 'Beauty and the beast', ballet in two acts, completed in 1969 for choreographer Peter Darrell, to a scenario by Colin Graham, based on 'Belle et la Bête' by Mme de Villeneuve. Tape in collaboration with Daphne Oram.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-1997
Extent:
8 volumes

5. MS Mus. 1804/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/6
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'The Voice of Ariadne', chamber opera
Scope & Content:
Chamber opera in three acts. Libretto by Amalia Elguera based on Henry James's 'The Last of the Valerii'. Tape in collaboration with Richard Rodney Bennett.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1995
Extent:
6 volumes

6. MS Mus. 1804/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/7
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Mary, Queen of Scots', opera
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Musgrave's 'Mary, Queen of Scots', opera in three acts, libretto by the composer after Amalia Elguera's play 'Moray'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973?-1977?
Extent:
11 volumes

7. MS Mus. 1804/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/8
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'A Christmas Carol', opera.
Scope & Content:
Material relating to Musgrave's opera 'A Christmas Carol'. Libretto by the composer after Charles Dickens's novella of the same title.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978-2002
Extent:
5 volumes

8. MS Mus. 1804/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/9
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'The Last Twilight', stage work
Scope & Content:
Stage work for chorus, semichorus, brass, and percussion. (1.) Diagrams and annotated pictures indicating stage layouts. (2.) Composition draft ('Final sketches') in full score. The verso of some leaves contain rougher sketches. Dates between 'Ap[ril] 23' and 'June 9', 1980. (3.) Composition dra...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1982
Extent:

1 volume

9. MS Mus. 1804/1/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/10
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge', an opera for radio
Scope & Content:
Libretto by the composer, after the short story by Ambrose Bierce. 1981, 1984 and undated.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1981-1984
Extent:
4 volumes

10. MS Mus. 1804/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/1/11
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses', opera
Scope & Content:
'Harriet, the Woman Called Moses'. Opera in two acts, based on the life of the abolitionist and former slave Harriet Tubman. Libretto by the composer.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1980-1990
Extent:
9 volumes