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Project / Collection Music Manuscripts Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1808 Subject Swayne, Giles. Fiddlesticks

1. MS Mus. 1808/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/16
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 54-57
Scope & Content:
Work-book 54: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 55. ff.1-43: Draft score of 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60), dated 4 February 1993. ff.43v-49: Rough draft score of fugal passage from 'The Owl and the Pu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1993-1994
Extent:
4 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1808/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/17
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 58-61
Scope & Content:
Work-book 58: Dated 19 August 1994 onwards, no end date. ff.1-52: Sketches for 'Fiddlesticks' (op. 65) (ff.5 & 28-52) with various other sketches, some unidentified. Includes settings of texts from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Nine Lives' for clarinet and pian...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1997
Extent:
4 volumes

3. MS Mus. 1808/2/27

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/2/27
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op.63 & 65-68
Scope & Content:
1. 'Goodnight, Sweet Ladies' (op. 63) for soprano and piano ff.1-13: Autograph draft score, incomplete. Inks and pencil on paper. Contains I.'Your true love' and the majority of II.'St Valentine's day'. ff.14-56: Typeset full score, signed on both opening and final pages. Word-processed preface ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1995
Extent:
178 folios