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1. MS Mus. 1755

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755
Title:
Susan Bradshaw Papers
Scope & Content:
The papers of Susan Mary Bradshaw (b.1931, d.2005) encompass records from her professional activities in music as a performer, writer and broadcaster. They comprise music scores (including 32 of Bradshaw’s own compositions), correspondence, drafts of her writings on music, lecture notes, concert...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-2006
Extent:
27 boxes and 3 folders

2. MS Mus. 1755/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1
Title:
Musical Works
Scope & Content:
This series contains musical scores of Bradshaw's own compositions and a smaller number of scores by others. Bradshaw's pieces in MS Mus. 1755/1/1-4 (Musical Works by Susan Bradshaw) are unpublished compositions. Only one of Bradshaw's works was published (Eight Hungarian Melodies for piano; C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1976
Extent:
5 boxes and 1 folder

3. MS Mus. 1755/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/1
Title:
Compositions, 1951-1953
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-23. 'Suite for Piano’; 1951. Incomplete draft score in ink and pencil (dated by the composer) and a dyeline copy of the full score. (2). ff. 24-37. ‘Prologue, Rhapsody and Epilogue’, for violin solo; May 1952. Two draft scores in ink and pencil (one dated by the composer). (3). ff. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1953
Extent:
1 box (7 packets)

4. MS Mus. 1755/1/1-4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/1-4
Title:
Musical Works by Susan Bradshaw
Scope & Content:
Compositions by Susan Bradshaw (largely autograph)
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951-1958
Extent:
4 boxes

5. MS Mus. 1755/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/2
Title:
Compositions, 1954-1956
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-12. 'Piece for Violin and String Orchestra in Three Movements'; July 1954. Incomplete fair copy score in ink (dated by the composer). (2). ff. 13-28. 5 [originally 4] Contrapuntal Pieces; Dec 1954. Two scores (both drafts in ink and pencil, dated by the composer) with a letter from B...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1956
Extent:
1 box (8 packets)

6. MS Mus. 1755/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/3
Title:
Compositions, 1956-1958 and Undated
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-2. ‘Elegy for Piano’; 30 Aug 1956. Autograph score in ink (dated by the composer and inscribed with the composition location, Dartington Hall). ff. 3-6. ‘A Symmetrical Rondo for 4 violas'; Jan 1957. Dyeline copy. (2). ff. 7-16. ‘Music for Solo Cello’; Oct–Nov 1957 (Paris). With a dye...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-1958
Extent:
1 box (7 packets)

7. MS Mus. 1755/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/4
Title:
Undated Compositions
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-4. Three pieces (‘Allegretto’, ‘Andante’, ‘Presto’); n.d. Autograph score in ink with pencil annotations. The front and back covers for these pieces have notes in pencil which appear to relate to ideas for the vocal setting of an untitled text. (2). ff. 5-11. Three pieces (‘Con moto...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1953 and n.d.
Extent:
1 box (7 packets)

8. MS Mus. 1755/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/5
Title:
A Collection of Musical Works by Other Composers
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-18. Photocopies of Boulez’s original manuscript of ‘Notations’ for piano, annotated by Susan Bradshaw. (2). ff. 19-30. Arvo Pärt: ‘Aliinale’, for piano (1976). Autograph. With a photocopy of ‘Mirror in a mirror’, for violin and piano. (3). ff. 31-59. Copies of music by Boulez and o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-1976
Extent:
1 box (5 packets)

9. MS Mus. 1755/1/5-6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/5-6
Title:
Musical Works by Others
Scope & Content:
Scores of works by composers other than Susan Bradshaw, some of which have been copied out in Bradshaw's hand.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929-1976
Extent:
1 box and 1 folder

10. MS Mus. 1755/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1755/1/6
Title:
Arnold Schoenberg, Variations for Orchestra, Op.31: printed study score
Scope & Content:
A copy of the Universal Edition publication, 1929, No. 12196, with annotations in pencil and pink and blue ink.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1929
Extent:
1 folder