Search

036-003431741 Project / Collection Music Manuscripts

1. MS Mus. 1778/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Miscellaneous and unidentified material
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous and unidentified sketches and notes, grouped by size; also 3 pieces by other composers. MS Mus. 1778/4/1: Miscellaneous and unidentified, volume 1 MS Mus. 1778/4/2: Miscellaneous and unidentified, volume 2 MS Mus. 1778/4/3: Miscellaneous and unidentified, volume 3 MS Mus. 1778/...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1989
Extent:
4 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1778/4/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4/5
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Assorted notebooks
Scope & Content:
(1). ‘Book of Magic’. A4 squared notebook containing randomly-generated numbers and assorted sketches. Heavily worn, as it was used as a frequent source of reference for the composer. Front cover reads 'BOOK OF MAGIC - BEWARE!'. Inside annotation by HB reads: 'This notebook came from Bryn Mawr U...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1999
Extent:
1 volume

3. MS Mus. 1778/4/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4/2
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Miscellaneous and unidentified material, volume 2
Scope & Content:
30 folios of miscellaneous and unidentified sketches, 27 of which appear to belong to the same work. (1). ff. 1-26. Detailed sketches for an orchestral or ensemble work. Possibly sketches for 'Gawain' based on textures and several recurring motivic patterns, but not positively identified. The s...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965-1989
Extent:
1 volume (30 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1778/4/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4/3
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Miscellaneous and unidentified material, volume 3
Scope & Content:
77 folios of assorted material on A2 manuscript paper, mostly unidentified. Sketches for various stages of compositional process, including numerical pitch schemes and fuller melodic, rhythmic and textural workings. Some possibly relates to 'Earth Dances' (see MS Mus. 1778/2/1). Identified leave...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978-1989
Extent:
1 volume (77 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1778/4/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4/1
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Miscellaneous and unidentified material, volume 1
Scope & Content:
Various sketches, typescripts and notes, mostly provisionally identified or unidentified. (1). ff.1-17. Material possibly relating to ‘Earth Dances’ (1985-6): 10 folios of assorted sketches and jottings on 12-stave manuscript paper; 7 further folios of numerical and rhythmic workings. (2). f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1989
Extent:
1 volume (98 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1778/4/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1778/4/4
Title:
Harrison Birtwistle: Music by other composers
Scope & Content:
Unpublished scores of music by other composers: (1). ff. 1-2. Alan Cohen, ‘Blues / A Birthday Piece for Cor’. Dated '6/5/56'. Short piano piece dedicated to Cornelius Cardew. (2). ff. 3-4. Peter Maxwell Davies, ‘Two 14th cent. Motets on St Edmund’. 3- and 4-part motet ‘Deus tuorum militum’, ne...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955-1969
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)