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1. MS Mus. 1849

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849
Title:
Manuscript scores of works by Frederick Laurence
Scope & Content:
Manuscript scores of works by Frederick Laurence (1884-1942, born Frederick Kessler). All are autograph unless otherwise stated. The collection consists of scores for orchestral pieces and three chamber works, dating from around 1913 to 1941. Included is Laurence’s score for the silent film ‘M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1940s
Extent:
9 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1849/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/1
Title:
Frederick Laurence: Chamber music
Scope & Content:
(1). 'Sonata for violin & piano'. Score in blue and black ink, with corrections. Pages numbered [1]-27. A pencil annotation on the first page suggests a date of '? 1913'. 360mm x 280mm. (2). 'Sextet for strings'. Fair copy score in ink. Pages numbered [1]-39. Dated at the end of the piece: ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910s-1941
Extent:
1 volume (3 items)

3. MS Mus. 1849/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/2
Title:
Frederick Laurence: 'Miracle'
Scope & Content:
‘Miracle, poem for orchestra'. Fair copy score in ink with pasted on corrections. Pages numbered [1]-49. Dated at the end of the piece: ‘Finchley Oct 4 1917’. A note opposite the first page of score reads: ‘First performance 13/11/19 LSO conducted by Adrian Boult’. A programme note is also pasted...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917-1919
Extent:
1 volume

4. MS Mus. 1849/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/3
Title:
Frederick Laurence: 'A Spirit's Wayfaring'; 'Milandor'; 'Tristis'; 'The Dream of Harlequin'
Scope & Content:
(1). ‘A Spirit’s Wayfaring, poem for orchestra’. Score in ink, with extensive conductor markings in pencil. Pages numbered [1]-49. Signed and dated 1918, and at end: ‘East Finchley 7/IX/18’. A faded stamp at the bottom of the first page states: ‘copyright Goodwin & Tabb’. (2). ‘Milandor, po...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1920s
Extent:
1 volume (4 items)

5. MS Mus. 1849/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/4
Title:
Frederick Laurence: 'The Dance of the Witch Girl'; 'The Psalm of the Earth'; 'The Passionate Quest'
Scope & Content:
(1). ‘The Dance of the Witch Girl’, for orchestra. Bound full score in black ink with conductor markings in pencil. A pasted on statement that copyright is owned by Goodwin & Tabb Ltd has been crossed out. Pages numbered [1]-59. Undated. The piece was performed at the Proms in 1920 by Henry ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920s
Extent:
1 volume (3 items)

6. MS Mus. 1849/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/5
Title:
Frederick Laurence: ‘Morosko'
Scope & Content:
ff. **-**. ‘Morosko’, for string orchestra and harp, to accompany the silent film of the same name (1924, dir. Yuri Zhelyabuzhsky). Score in ink with extensive annotations, cuts and changes in blue pencil. Intertitle and cues are also pasted in and indications of timings have been given in pencil...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 file

7. MS Mus. 1849/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/6
Title:
Frederick Laurence: 'Chinese Shadows', full score
Scope & Content:
‘Chinese Shadows, pantomime drama by Paul Knudsen’, for orchestra. Full score in black ink with some pasted in corrections and indication of stage action. 190 numbered pages, dated at the end: ‘Finchley 26th January 1930’. The piece includes a separate ‘Chinese Orchestra’ (consisting of clarinet...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 volume (xx folios)

8. MS Mus. 1849/6-7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/6-7
Title:
Frederick Laurence: Chinese Shadows
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1849/6: full score MS Mus. 1849/7: instrumental parts
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
2 files

9. MS Mus. 1849/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/7
Title:
Frederick Laurence: 'Chinese Shadows', instrumental parts
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. **-**. ‘Chinese Shadows’. 24 instrumental parts in a copyist’s hand. In ink with bar numbers in pencil. (2). ff. **-**. ‘Chinese Shadows’. Instrumental parts for the separate ‘Chinese Orchestra’, which plays between bars 41-114, 1068-1143 and 1549-1565 of the score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1930
Extent:
1 volume (** folios)

10. MS Mus. 1849/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1849/8
Title:
Frederick Laurence: ‘Pagan Rhapsody’; ‘Three pieces for small orchestra’; ‘Devils Venture’
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. **-**. ‘Pagan Rhapsody’, for orchestra. Score in black ink with conductor markings in crayon. Pages numbered [1]-41. Dated at the end of the score: ‘North Finchley 6/3/31’. 370mm x 280mm. (2). ff. **-**. ‘Three pieces for small orchestra’. Full score in ink. Each piece is paginated and...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1931-1941
Extent:
1 volume (** folios)

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