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1. MS Mus. 1843/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/7
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Songs with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-25. Songs for single voice with orchestral accompaniment, composed by Edward Elgar and in his hand. (1). ff. 1-14. Three songs from a projected cycle of six to words by Gilbert Parker (op. 59). Earlier sketch material dates from the end of 1909 (see Add MS 58025, ff. 1-17 and Add MS 63157...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909-1933
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

2. MS Mus. 1843/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/8
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Smoking Cantata
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2. 'Kindly do not smoke…' (also known as the Smoking Cantata), for baritone and orchestra. Fair copy score in Elgar's hand with elaborate title page referring to the piece as: 'specimen of an edifying, allegorical, improving, expostulatory, educational, persuasive, hortatory, instructive, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1843/1/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/9
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Songs for single voice with piano
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-37. Songs for single voice with piano composed by Edward Elgar, and in his hand unless otherwise stated. (1). ff. 1-5. ‘The Self Banished’, song for soprano or tenor, words by Edmund Waller, c. 1875. Fair copy in ink. Former references: MS69; 1977.719. (2). ff. 6-11. ‘Roundel’, song for ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1875-1930
Extent:
1 volume (37 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1843/1/10/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/10/1
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Part songs with or without accompaniment
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-24. Part songs with or without accompaniment, by Edward Elgar and in his hand. (1). ff. 1-3. ‘As torrents etc arranged as a unison song’. Draft for an arrangement of 'As torrents in summer', from King Olaf, as a unison song with piano accompaniment. Pages are numbered 1, 3 and 4 and all ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1896-1925
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1843/1/10/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/10/2
Title:
Title: Elgar Birthplace Collection: Part songs with or without accompaniment: The Lowestoft Boat, orchestral parts.
Scope & Content:
Set of orchestral parts for ‘The Lowestoft Boat’, the first of the four songs from The Fringes of the Fleet. The material comprises: ff. 2-15. A vocal score as published by Enoch & Sons, with ‘conductor’ added in red ink at the top and rehearsal marks added inside but otherwise unannotated ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (64 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1843/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/11
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: The Birthright
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-3. The Birthright, 'Marching song for Boys in unison with accompaniment for Bugles & Drums'. Composed by Elgar in 1914. Score, in ink. Bound volume. Former references: MS44; 1977.648.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1914
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)