APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Music manuscripts of Denis ApIvor (b.1916); 1935-1964, n.d. Autograph. Scores are in pencil unless otherwise stated. Works were published in London unless otherwise stated. For a supplementary collection see Add. 64820-64865. Presented by the composer, with the exception of 53745-53747, 53755 which were purchased from him, 11 June 1966. Paper. Twenty-eight volumes. Arranged as follows: A. Stage works: 53739-53744. B. Choral works: 53745-53748. C. Songs: 53749-5375...
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Denis ApIvor, composer: Music manuscripts: 1935-1964, n.d.: Autogr.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I A. Act I. With a typewritten synopsis (ff. 2-3). ff. i+159. 320 x 255mm. Oliver Goldsmith, author: Denis ApIvor's opera 'She Stoops to Conquer' , to a libretto after Oliver Goldsmith: 1947.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I. 'She Stoops to Conquer', opera in three acts (libretto by the composer after Oliver Goldsmith), op. 12; 1947. Ink vocal score with typewritten dialogue. Two volumes. Bound.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. I B. Acts II and III. With an ink synopsis for Act II (f. 4) and a typewritten note by the composer (ff. 241-242). ff. i+242. 310 x 250mm. Oliver Goldsmith, author: Denis ApIvor's opera 'She Stoops to Conquer' , to a libretto after Oliver Goldsmith: 1947.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. Full score (with the French title only). Pencil, with red crayon conductor's markings. ff. viii+64. Largest size 365 x 275mm. In three limp bound volumes.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. IV, V. 'A Mirror for Witches', ballet in one act (a prologe and five scenes) based on the novel by Esther Forbes, op. 19; 1951, 1954. The autograph score of the 'Symphonic Suite', op. 19a, based on music from the ballet, is in the BBC Music Library. Two volumes.
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Esther Forbes, writer: Denis ApIvor's ballet, 'A Mirror for Witches' , based on the novel by Esther Forbes: 1951, 1954.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV. Short score; 1951. Pencil with red and blue crayon annotations. With three photographs of the 1952 production at Covent Garden (ff. 68-69, 104). ff. vi+104. 305 x 255mm. In three limp bound volumes.