TIPPETT COLLECTION. Vol. I. Pencil score. Original version and (ff. 31-35v) new first movement. ff. 36. 370 x 270mm. British Library binding of half red leather.
TIPPETT COLLECTION. Vols. I, II. String quartet no. 1 in A, op. 2; 1934-1935, revised 1943. Published, 1946. A manuscript of the original version with the two movements suppressed in the published version is Add. 59808. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART I) Music manuscripts of Sir Michael Tippett; 1934-1977. Mostly autograph. For many works there are both draft pencil and revised ink scores. Published by Schott & Co., London, except where stated. A list of Tippett's compositions is given in I. Kemp, Tippett, the Composer and his Music (1984), pp. 498-506. Supplements Add. 53771, 59808, 61891 J, 63628, 63820-63840, 71099-71103, Eg. 3786. Purchased of Otto Haas, 13 March 1980. Paper. Fifty-seven volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett, OM; CH; composer: Music: Musical compositions of Sir Michael Kemp Tippett: 1934-1977: Mostly autogr.
TIPPETT COLLECTION. Vol. II. Ink score. Autograph score of the new first movement, inserted in (ff. 12-22) a copyist's score of the quartet of which remain only the second and third movements with autograph revisions. ff. 22. 360 x 260mm. Binding of green cloth.