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1. MS Mus. 1842

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1842
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 2, in A minor. Score, and letters to Jean Stewart.
Scope & Content:
Two volumes: MS Mus. 1842/1 'String Quartet in A minor', full score MS Mus. 1842/2 Letters from Ralph and Ursula Vaughan Williams to Jean Stewart (later Hadley), the work's dedicatee and viola player in the first performance
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s-1958
Extent:
2 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1842/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1842/1
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'String Quartet in A minor, for Jean on her Birthday', full score
Scope & Content:
ff. i, 1-32, ‘String quartet in A minor, for Jean on her birthday’; 1942-1947. Full score, autograph, in pencil. The work is in four movements (Prelude; Largo; Scherzo; Epilogue). The first two movements (ff. 1-24), composed 1942-1943, are in a limp binding and paginated 1-34. The last two mov...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1947
Extent:
1 volume (i + 32 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1842/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1842/2
Title:
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Letters to Jean Stewart and photographs of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-34 Letters to Jean Stewart (later Hadley), mostly concerning the String Quartet in A minor, dedicated to her by the composer. All from Ralph Vaughan Williams unless otherwise stated. Vaughan Williams Letters (VWL) numbers are provided below, along with the conjectural dates suggested by th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930s-1950s
Extent:
1 volume (40 folios)