TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xxiv, xxv. Alternative finale for 'Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles', later discarded in favour of a revised version of the original finale; 1948. See also Add. 61767. Two volumes. 365 x 270mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvi. Sketches for the Concerto for piano and orchestra (1953-1955) and various other works; 1946-1978, n.d. Mainly pencil. The concerto was first performed at Birmingham Town Hall, 6 Oct. 1956. Pencil score at the Barber Institute for Fine Arts, Birmingham. Fu...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvii. Two sketches for an orchestral work, 'Masque of the Queens'; n.d. Pencil score with a few ink annotations. Apparently incomplete. One sketch (ff. 2-3v), headed 'Interlude I', is an arrangement of 'Fairest Isle' from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (see also...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxviii. Pencil score. ff. 5. Principal size 358 x 254mm. William Butler Yeats, poet: `Words for Music Perhaps', composed by Sir M. K. Tippett , words by William Butler Yeats: 1960.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxvii. 'Words for Music Perhaps', for speaking voices and chamber ensemble (words by W.B. Yeats); 1960. Commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 8 June 1960. Two volumes.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxix. Ink score. ff. 5. Largest size 361 x 265mm. William Butler Yeats, poet: `Words for Music Perhaps', composed by Sir M. K. Tippett , words by William Butler Yeats: 1960.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxx. 'Prelude, Recitative and Air', arranged from third interlude in Act III of 'King Priam', for flute, oboe and harpsichord or piano; 1963. Ink score with directions to copyist for adaptation from published vocal score (1962), and with pencil annotations. ff...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxxi. Music for 'The Tempest' (by William Shakespeare), for voices and instruments; 1962. With a signed letter from Tippett to Eric [Walter White?] dated 15 Mar. 1968 (ff. 1-2v). First performed at the Old Vic, London, 29 May 1962. For Ariel's three songs (ff. ...