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Project / Collection Music Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1808 Name Messiaen, Olivier, composer, 1908-1992

1. MS Mus. 1808/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Correspondence and biographical material
Scope & Content:
c. ff.1-163: Personal and professional correspondence to and from select friends and colleagues. Mainly consists of manuscript and typed letters, with two printed email threads. Correspondents include: William Walton, granting permission to quote from Façade; Olivier Messiaen, regarding composi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1975-2009
Extent:

c. 207 folios

2. MS Mus. 1808/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/3/2
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Correspondence and scrapbook. Scrapbook
Scope & Content:
Scrapbook containing programme notes, newspaper cuttings and some correspondence. Includes a letter from Olivier Messiaen inviting Swayne to composition classes at the Paris Conservatoire; and sample pages from first proofs of 'Suite' (op. 21) for guitar.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1976-1981
Extent:
1 volume; c. 28 folios