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11. Add MS 47905 B

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Title:
Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 11
Scope & Content:
Drafts of Elgar's libretto for 'The Kingdom', op. 51. As follows:- ff. 1-15. Galley-sheets, dated by Elgar 'Aug 1:1906' (f. 1). ff. 16-34. Typewritten copy with Elgar's corrections. ff. 35-177. Typewritten and manuscript drafts. ff. 178-199. Three early drafts including (ff. 193-196) the Si...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1906
Extent:
1 volume (250 folios)

12. Add MS 47906

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Title:
Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 12
Scope & Content:
Sketches and drafts of the music and libretto of Elgar's uncompleted third oratorio, intended to form the third part of a trilogy with 'The Apostles', op. 49, and 'The Kingdom', op. 51; circ. 1906, etc. (see Kennedy, op. cit., pp. 168-169). As follows:- ff. 1-8. Fragmentary musical sketches. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1911
Extent:
1 volume (128 folios)

13. Add MS 47907 A

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Title:
Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 13
Scope & Content:
Op. 53-op. 67. As follows:- ff. 1-4. Rough sketches of the part-songs, op. 53, nos. 1, 3, 4. Composed in Rome, Feb. 1907 (Kennedy, op. cit., p. 288)-1908. Published by Novello, 1908. As follows:- (a) No. 1, 'There is Sweet Music'. ff. 2v-3;-(b) No. 3, 'O Wild West Wind'. ff. 2, 3v;- (c) No. 4,...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1912
Extent:
1 volume (168 folios)

14. Add MS 47907 B

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Title:
Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 14
Scope & Content:
'Falstaff', op. 68. Composed in 1902-1913. Published by Novello, 1913. As follows:- ff. 1-2. Draft titles (f. 1) and plan of the work. (f. 2). See Elgar's analytical essay, 'Falstaff', The Musical Times, Sept. 1913. ff. 4-45. Rough sketches grouped together by Elgar. Draft plan on f. 5v and li...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902-1913
Extent:
1 volume (130 folios)

15. Add MS 47908

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Title:
Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 15
Scope & Content:
Op. 69-op. 80 passim and works without opus number. As follows:- ff. 1-104. 'The Music Makers', op. 69, setting of an ode by A. O'Shaughnessy for contralto solo, chorus and orchestra. Composed 1902-21 August 1912. Published by Novello, 1912. As follows:- (a) Sketches, mostly marked 'K' indicat...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1899-1932
Extent:
1 volume (232 folios)