Francis Chagrin: ‘Hajji-Baba’. Sketches, piano score, and full score of nos. 1-2
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1. ff. 1-2. Sketches. 2. ff. 3-32. Piano score, written into a spiral-bound harmony book with harmony exercises at the back, dated 5 Mar. 1935 (f. 32v). 3. ff. 33-41. Full score of nos. 1 and 2 (‘Prélude’, ‘Street in Tehran’).
1. ff. 1-2. ‘Heartbreak House’; 1943. Incidental music for the play by George Bernard Shaw, produced by John Burrell at the Cambridge Theatre, London. No. 1 only. Recorded 15 Feb. 1943 (f. 1). 2. ff. 3-194. ‘The King Stag’: ‘a tragi-comical fairy tale’; 1946. Incidental music for the play by Ca...
1. ff. 1-7. ‘The White Countess’; [1954]. Incidental music for the play by J. B. Priestley and Jacquetta Hawkes, for violin and piano. For programme (where the solo instrument is listed as a clarinet, not violin), see MS Mus. 72, ff. 184-9. i. ff. 1-5. Violin parts. ii. ff. 6-7. Score. 2. ff...
Francis Chagrin: Music for feature films; [1935]-1940
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1. ff. 1-4. Sketches, probably for music to accompany silent films; n.d. [circa 1935]. In ink. 2. ff. 5-8. ‘David et Goliath’ (deleted title: ‘Roi des Fosses’) (a Gold Star production); [1935]. Short score, in ink. 3. ff. 9-15. ‘La Grande Crosière’ (deleted title: ‘Doublemètre le Migrant’) (a ...
Francis Chagrin: Arrangements from ‘The Bridge’ and ‘Easy Money’
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1. ff. 1-71. ‘The Bridge’ (original title: ‘The Last Bridge’) (a Data Films production); [1946]. Pages from the film score were annotated and reorganised circa 1950 as ‘Yougoslav Sketches’ and ‘2nd Yougoslav Suite’. i. ff. 1-22. ‘Yougoslav sketches’. ii. ff. 23-44. ‘Yougoslav Sketches’. Copy, ...
A Gainsborough Studios production, produced by Sydney Box and directed by Ralph Thomas). The film score incorporates six arrangements of popular songs for dance band, made by Eric Rogers. For a programme note by the composer, see MS Mus. 65, f. 183 and MS Mus. 72, f. 82v, and for newspaper cutti...