MS Mus. 116. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. i. Draft score, in pencil. In six albums, dated Feb. 1947 – 3 July 1952. ff. 91. Largest size 355 x 265mm.
MSS Mus. 116-117. A. Music. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vols. i-ii. Norman Del Mar: ‘The Waste Land: Symphony No.3 in Five Movements’ (words, T. S. Eliot); 1947-52. For large symphony orchestra and double chorus. Autograph. Two volumes.
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Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet: Symphony no.3, 'The Waste Land', by N. Del Mar , to words by Thomas Stearns Eliot: 1947-52.
MSS Mus. 116-129. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks of the conductor, composer and writer Norman René Del Mar, CBE (b.1919, d.1994); 1903-92, n.d. With the exception of MSS Mus. 116-117, the manuscripts of Del Mar’s compositions are housed in the Royal College of Music. MSS Mus. 116-126 presented by Mrs Pauline Del Mar, 3 May 1994; MSS Mus. 127-129 presented by Mr Jonathan Del Mar, 28 Aug. 1998. Paper. Fourteen volumes. A. Music: 116-117. B. Papers relatin...
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Norman Del Mar, conductor: Music manuscripts, papers and notebooks: 1903-92, n.d.
MS Mus. 117. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. ii. Full score, in ink and pencil; n.d. Incomplete: lacking the end of the fifth movement. ff. 119. 365 x 272mm.
MS Mus. 118. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. iii. Scripts for ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme’ and related material; [1950], n.d. ff. 196. Largest size 327 x 202mm. 1. ff. 1-76. Molière: ‘Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme: a New Adaptation’ by Miles Malleson; n.d. Typewritten, with annotations in pencil in t...
MS Mus. 119. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. iv. Correspondence relating to Richard Strauss; 1958-87. ff. 101. Overall size 325 x 217mm. includes: ff. 1, 3, 17 Geoffrey Robinson, of Barrie & Rockliff, publishers: Letters to N. Del Mar: 1958-62: Typewritten, signed.f. 2 Norman Del Mar, con...
MS Mus. 120. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. v. Newspaper cuttings of reviews of performances of music by Strauss; 1911-70. ff. 72. Overall size 320 x 230mm.
MS Mus. 121. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vol. vi. Miscellaneous papers relating to Strauss; 1903-61, n.d. ff. 162. Overall size 350 x 250mm. Including:— 1. ff. 1-5. Photographs and printed oration for the conferring of an honorary doctorate on Strauss by the University of Oxford; 1914. 2. ff....
MSS Mus. 122-129. C. Writings on music. NORMAN DEL MAR COLLECTION. Vols. vii-xiv. Draft texts of Del Mar’s publications; n.d. [circa 1960-92]. Autograph, written in pencil, mainly in twenty exercise books (MSS Mus. 122-126). Eight volumes.