Thea Musgrave: 'Journey Through a Japanese Landscape' : texts, correspondence and draft
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Haiku for Journey through a Japanese Landscape': copies of the poems cited in the composition, translated into English. One leaf is handwritten, and the others photocopied pages from the anthology translated by Yuzuru Miura 'Classic haiku : a master's selection' (Tuttle, 1991). (2.) Corresp...
(1.) Sketches and notes, on paper. For later sketches, the foliation includes a Roman numeral corresponding to the movement. (2.) Score. (3.) Timpani part.
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes of Time Past', for cor anglais, trumpet, and string orchestra
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Sketches'; 2000. (2.) Draft, still labelled 'sketches', with printed title page and prefatory page. Also included is a structural diagram. (3.) Score; 2000. (4.) Three items of correspondence with James Freeman, the conductor of Orchestra 2001, which commissioned the work; April 1999–August...
Thea Musgrave: 'Turbulent Landscapes', for orchestra: sketches and correspondence
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Rough sketches' (2.) Draft ('Final sketches'). (3.) A certificate, dated 09/12/2005, relating to the nomination of the composition for a British Composer Award. (4.) Printouts of emails between Musgrave and dedicatees of individual movements.