BAX COLLECTION. Vol. I. 'Symphony in Eb'; 1921-1922. Short score. The title '3rd Sonata' has been crossed through on f. 1, and replaced with 'Symphony in Eb (sketch)'. ff. i+25. 360 x 250mm.
BAX COLLECTION. Music manuscripts of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (b. 1883, d. 1953), Master of the Queen's Music; 1897-1949, n.d. Autograph. Manuscripts are in ink, and works were published in London, unless otherwise stated. Significant dedicatees are noted. For a catalogue of Bax's music, including details of surviving manuscripts held elsewhere, see Lewis Foreman, Bax: a composer and his time (1983). Firm dates in square brackets are taken from this catalogue. For other Bax manuscripts...
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Music: Music manuscripts of Arnold Bax: 1897-1949, n.d. Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Music manuscripts: 1897-1949, n.d.