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Name Ferguson, Howard, composer, 1908-1999

1. Add MS 52384

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SIR WILLIAM TURNER WALTON (b. 1902, d. 1983): Musical compositions; 1916. Autograph. (1) '"Tell me where is fancy bred" [set] for soprano and tenor three violins and piano' (f. 1); 'July 2nd, 1916' (f. 4b). Words by William Shakespeare. Score. ff. 1-4b;- (2) 'Choral Prelude [for organ] on Wheatley' (f. 5); 'Aug 16th. 1916' (f. 5b). ff. 5-5b. See S. Craggs, William Walton. A Thematic Catalogue of his Musical Works, 1977, pp. 3, 43. Owned by Dr Henry Ley, Precentor of Eton College, and then by...
Scope & Content:
Sir William Turner Walton, OM; composer: `Tell me where is fancy bred' and Choral Prelude on `Wheatley',: 1916: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 53734

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SIR CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD: music for cello and piano; 1918-1923. Autograph. Presented by Dr Howard Ferguson, 16 April 1966. Paper; ff. 19. British Library arrangement. 1. ff. 1-14. 'Ballata' and 'Ballabile' in A minor, op. 160, for cello and piano; 26, 29 May 1918 (ff. 4v, 9v). Score and separate cello part. 350 x 280mm. 2. ff. 15-19. Two fugues for piano, the first in C minor, the second in B minor; Dec. 1922, Jan. 1923 (ff. 17, 19). With autograph notes of presentation as Christm...
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Music: Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, composer, teacher and conductor: 'Ballata' and 'Ballabile', op. 160, for cello and piano by Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: 1918: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918-1923
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 53735

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SIR ARNOLD BAX: 'Moy Mell' (The Happy Plain), for two pianos; 25 Aug. 1916 (f. 9v). Autograph score. With a dedication 'To Miss Irene S[c]harrer and Miss Myra Hess' (f. 2). Published by J. & W. Chester, 1918. Presented by the composer in 1916 to Myra Hess, who bequeathed it to Dr Howard Ferguson in 1965 (f. i). Presented by Dr Howard Ferguson, 16 April 1966. Paper; ff. i+9. 350 x 268mm.
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Music: Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: 'Moy Mell', for two pianos , by Sir Arnold Bax: 1916.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1916
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 57486

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS; circa 1736-1954, n.d. Paper; ff. 64. British Library arrangement. A. Letter to 'George' from Philip Arthur Heseltine (the composer 'Peter Warlock'), relating to the proposed publication of his edition of 'Giles Earle. His Booke' (Add. 24665); 21 Aug. 1930. Presented by Mrs Elsie Roberts, 1972. f. 1. 260 x 200mm. B. Letter of General Charles George Gordon, 'Chinese Gordon', to Romulus Gessi, concerning his meeting with Ismail and the period spent as p...
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includes: f. 1 Philip Arnold Heseltine, alias 'Peter Warlock'; composer: Letter to George — from Philip Arnold Heseltine: 1930.f. 2 Major-General Charles George Gordon, CB: Letter to R. Gessi from Maj.-Gen. Charles George Gordon: 1879: With typewritten transcript.f. 14v Art. Photographs: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1700-1954
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 57730 A-57731 B

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Add MS 57730 A-57731 B
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B, 57731 A, B. DAME MYRA HESS (b.1890, d.1965): notebooks containing a complete record of concert engagements and broadcasts throughout her career, giving details of locations, works performed, conductors, etc.; 14 Nov. 1907-3 Jan. 1962. With the exception of the first notebook, the European engagements are entered at the front and the American at the end (volumes reversed). Compiled by her mother (57730 A, B, ff. 1-56, 100v-129), her secretary, Anita Gunn ((57730 B, ff. 64-99; 57731 A, B) a...
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Julia Myra Hess, DBE; pianist: Lizzie Hess, mother of Myra Hess: Anita Gunn, secretary to Myra Hess: Doris Hare, friend of Myra Hess: Notebooks recording concerts and broadcasts of Myra Hess, compiled by Lizzie Hess, Anita Gunn and D. Hare (?): 1907-1962.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Nov 1907-3 Jan 1962
Extent:
4 items

6. Add MS 57954-57957

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Add MS 57954-57957
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HOWARD FERGUSON: music manuscripts; 1937-1955. All are autograph and in ink. Presented by the composer, 3 Sept. 1973. Four volumes
Scope & Content:
Howard Ferguson, composer: Music manuscripts: 1937-1955: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1937-1955
Extent:
4 items

7. Add MS 59809

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MACNAGHTEN CONCERTS COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 124). 'Diabelleries': variations on a theme ('Where's my little basket gone?' attributed to Alfred Scott-Gatty) by Ralph Vaughan Williams (ff. 1-4 etc.), Howard Ferguson (ff. 5-8 etc.), Alan Bush (ff. 9-12, etc.), Alan Rawsthorne (ff. 13-14 etc.), E...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1955
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 59846

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MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS AND PAPERS. Paper and vellum; ff. 225. British Library arrangement. A. Examination of Philip Wake before Sir Salathiel Lovell, Recorder of London, relating to the setting fire to the house of Sir Hans Sloane, Bart., in Bloomsbury Square; 27 April 1700. Purchased of Alan G. Thomas, Jan. 1977. f. 1. 300 x 185mm. B. Letter of Ethel Rowe afterwards Holloway (b.1866, d.1927) to her brother John Christopher Rowe, entitled 'Jottings from Kimberley Delivered'; 27 Feb. 1...
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includes: f. 1 Sir Salathiel Lovell, Recorder of London: Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet: Examination of Philip Wake signed by Sir Salathiel Lovell rel. to Sir Hans Sloane: 1700.f. 2 Ethel Rowe, afterwards Holloway; of Kimberley, South Africa: John Christopher Rowe: Letter to her brother from Ethe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Italian, and Spanish
Date Range:
1360-1977
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 60498

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BOULT PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 253+185*+44*). Granville Bantock, Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Nadia Boulanger, Pablo Casals, Walter Damrosch, Walford Davies, Frederick Delius, Edward Elgar, Myra Hess, Gervase Elwes, George Henschel, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Zoltan Kodaly. includes: ff. 2-3 Sir Hugh...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 61885

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Vol. IV (ff. 215). A-F. includes: ff. 2-15 John Mervin Addison, composer: Correspondence with E. Chapman of John Mervin Addison: 1950-1959: Partly typewritten copies and signed. ff. 16, 17 Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell, composer: Letters to E. Chapman from Richard Anthony Sayer Arnell: 1939. ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1970
Extent:
1 item