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91. MS Mus. 1774/8/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/6
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes regarding R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Correspondence relating to R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146), comprising several letters (1983-84) from Philip Turbett (The Ebony Quartet), and a letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams (1 June [1984]). The sequence of letters includes an unrelated letter from Colin Wilson (16 March 1984) con...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1995
Extent:

28 folios

92. MS Mus. 1774/8/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/7
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and sketch material for Six Lawrence Poems (Op. 150)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-25. Programme and press release for D. H. Lawrence Centenary Festival, 7-28 September 1985, at Eastwood, Nottingham. World premiere of Six Lawrence Poems, 24 September. (2). ff. 26-108. Correspondence (1983-85). (3). ff. 109-139. Sketch material. (4). ff. 141-142. Original storage fold...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1985
Extent:

141 folios

93. MS Mus. 1774/8/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/8
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to Ode to Beecham (Op. 154)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Correspondence (1985-86). (2). ff. 11-56. Text, by Arnell, in autograph draft and typed. (3). ff. 58-129. Various 'Production Notes'.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1986
Extent:

129 folios

94. MS Mus. 1774/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/9
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to 24 Hours in TT Scale (Op. 156)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-47. 'Programme Notes', and typed and autograph words (by Arnell) (2). ff. 48-70. Sketch material (pencil) and related notes. (The music is attributed to Arnell and David Hewson.) (3). f. 71. Correspondence: a single letter (from Laurence Pollinger Ltd.).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:

71 folios

95. MS Mus. 1774/8/10

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/10
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes relating to Con Amore (Op. 160)
Scope & Content:
In the main, letters from Pamela Cook (Director, Cantamus Girls' Choir), and some letters from East Midland Arts relating to the commission. Includes a copy letter (13 February 1989) from Arnell to Bryan [Guinness]: 'I should like to incorporate the setting I did of your poem "The Summer is Comin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1993
Extent:

35 folios

96. MS Mus. 1774/8/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/11
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to concerts at Tadcaster, including a recital by Moura Lympany
Scope & Content:
(1). Material relating to a recital by Moura Lympany at Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster, 14 September, 1990. Includes: draft press release, small poster, concert programme, newspaper reports (photocopied) and various notes by Arnell. The press release notes: 'A contribution will be made from the proc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1990
Extent:
1 file

97. MS Mus. 1774/8/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/12
Title:
Richard Arnell: Sketch material and related matter for String Quartet No. 6 (Op. 170)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-2. Two letters on Cheltenham International Festival of Music headed paper (20 August and 4 October 1991), inviting Arnell to write a new string quartet for the Cheltenham Festival (1992), in celebration of his 75th birthday. The letters appear to be from (signature obscure) Sir John Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1992
Extent:

86 folios

98. MS Mus. 1774/8/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/13
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and rough notes relating to Xanadu (Op. 175)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-26. Rough notes about the composition (1992-93). (2). ff. 27-82. Correspondence and publicity. Includes original proposal (to set Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan' for mixed chorus, keyboard and tape). Various letters, including several from Michael Kibblewhite (Musical Director, Harlow Ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1993
Extent:

86 folios

99. MS Mus. 1774/8/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/14
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to music to accompany the silent film The Drifters
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to a project with David Hewson to develop a score to be performed live to accompany a showing of the silent documentary film The Drifters (John Grierson, 1929) at the Norwich Film Festival, 16 October 1994. However, despite considerable work on the project, the performance did no...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-1994
Extent:

104 folios

100. MS Mus. 1774/8/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/15
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to 'Big Bird' (Coleridge, 'Rime of the Ancient Mariner')
Scope & Content:
Draft proposal and preliminary papers, including some sketch material, for a work based upon Coleridge, 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'. In his draft proposal (1995), Arnell writes: 'In 1991, I was invited to compose for the Harlow Chorus and I chose the "Mariner" but quickly realised it was t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1991-1995
Extent:

35 folios