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Archive Reference (shelfmark) MS Mus. 1808 Subject Swayne, Giles. Hamlet (Sketches)

1. MS Mus. 1808/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/14
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 47-49
Scope & Content:
Work-book 47: Dated 17 September 1989 onwards, no end date. ff.1-13: Sketches for a piano sonata in A major, later abandoned. ff.13v-19: Sketches for 'No quiet place' (op. 55), followed by diary entries dated 24th September - 10th October 1989. ff.19v-25: Further sketches for piano sonata in A m...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1989-1991
Extent:
4 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1808/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/16
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 54-57
Scope & Content:
Work-book 54: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 55. ff.1-43: Draft score of 'The Owl and the Pussycat I' (op. 60), dated 4 February 1993. ff.43v-49: Rough draft score of fugal passage from 'The Owl and the Pu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1993-1994
Extent:
4 volumes

3. MS Mus. 1808/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/17
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 58-61
Scope & Content:
Work-book 58: Dated 19 August 1994 onwards, no end date. ff.1-52: Sketches for 'Fiddlesticks' (op. 65) (ff.5 & 28-52) with various other sketches, some unidentified. Includes settings of texts from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Nine Lives' for clarinet and pian...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1997
Extent:
4 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1808/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/18
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 62-64
Scope & Content:
Work-book 62: Dated 1 February 1997 onwards, no end date. ff.1-53: Sketches for 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes early ideas for 'HAVOC' (op. 83) (ff.18v-21, 29v-30, & 52v-53); a brief sketch and note on the completion of 'Mr Leary's mechanical Maggot' (op. 74) (f.22v); and a diary...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1997-1998
Extent:
3 volumes

5. MS Mus. 1808/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/20
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 68-70
Scope & Content:
Work-book 68: Dated 14 August 1999 onwards, no end date. ff.1-3: Text of 'Perturbèd spirit' (op. 85), and crossed-out sketch setting poem beginning 'Darlink, you are wonderful'. ff.4-21: Draft score of 'Epilogue' of movement 5 of 'HAVOC' (op. 83). ff.22-38: Sketches and general notes, including ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1999-2001
Extent:
3 volumes

6. MS Mus. 1808/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/21
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 71-73
Scope & Content:
Work-book 71: Dated 23 January 2001 onwards, no end date. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 70. Sketches, notes and draft score for Act I of 'Hamlet'. Also contains noted ideas for opera subjects (f.5v); a rejected idea for a setting of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Ea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
3 volumes

7. MS Mus. 1808/1/22

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/22
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 74-76
Scope & Content:
Work-book 74: Dated 6 May 2001 onwards, no end date. ff.1-29: Sketches and draft score of 'Mancanza' (op. 86). ff.29v-65: Sketches and structural notes for 'The murder of Gonzago' (op. 87), with draft score of 10th movement 'The Triumph of Evil'. ff.65v-85: Sketches and general notes, some unide...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001-c 2003
Extent:
3 volumes

8. MS Mus. 1808/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/25
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 83-85
Scope & Content:
Work-book 83: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below. ff.1-5: Sketches for 'Leonardo's dream' (op. 114). ff.5v-180: Sketches and draft score for 'Agnes Wisley's chillout fantasy' (op. 115), dated 27th December 2007 - 6th February 2008. ff.180v-188: Sketches and draf...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2007-2010
Extent:
3 volumes