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31. MS Mus. 1893/2/23

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/23
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Quartet No. 2 (Opus 13)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the BBC, Wood's String Quartet No. 2 was premiered by the Dartington String Quartet at a BBC Invitation Concert in Cardiff, 6 November 1970. The material in this file comprises: a diagrammatic presentation of the structure of the work; various passages in draft; and eight pages o...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1970
Extent:
1 file

32. MS Mus. 1893/2/24

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/24
Title:
Hugh Wood: D. H. Lawrence Songs (Opus 14)
Scope & Content:
Settings for tenor and piano of five poems by D. H. Lawrence: 'Dog-Tired'; 'Gloire de Dijon'; 'Kisses in the Train'; 'River Roses'; 'Roses on the Breakfast Table'. The latter two settings were added to an original sequence of three settings in 1994 and 2001 respectively (see dates of composition...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966-2001
Extent:
1 file

33. MS Mus. 1893/2/25

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/25
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Little Overture'
Scope & Content:
'Little Overture' for a small orchestra. Composed for the Wigan and District Spastics Society. (1). Full score in pencil. Fair copy. Front page and pp. 1-16 (5 bifolia). Dated at the end of the score: 19 September 1970. (2). Dyeline autograph full score with conductor's annotations in red penc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970
Extent:
1 file

34. MS Mus. 1893/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/26
Title:
Hugh Wood: Chamber Concerto (Opus 15)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta; premiered on 27 November 1971. The work was revised in 1978. The file comprises the following material: (1). 'Composer's MS Mvts I + II' on outer bifolium in red ink. Followed by inner title-page: 'Chamber Concerto op. 15'. There follows full score of M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1978
Extent:
1 file

35. MS Mus. 1893/2/27

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/27
Title:
Hugh Wood: Two Settings of W. B Yeats (Opus 16)
Scope & Content:
Settings of two poems by W. B. Yeats. (1). Op. 16/1. 'To a Child Dancing in the Wind'. Autograph score in black ink (1 bifolium). Part song for unaccompanied SATB. Corrected throughout in red ink. Together with a typed letter (13 Dec 1973) from Novello & Company Ltd to Wood, requesting he c...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1989
Extent:
1 file

36. MS Mus. 1893/2/28

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/28
Title:
Hugh Wood: Violin Concerto (Opus 17)
Scope & Content:
Violin Concerto for solo violin and orchestra. Commissioned by The Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and the Gulbenkian Foundation. The first performance was given on 19 September 1972, in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1972
Extent:
1 file

37. MS Mus. 1893/2/29

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/29
Title:
Hugh Wood: Robert Graves Songs, Set I (Opus 18)
Scope & Content:
Five settings, for tenor and piano, of poems by Robert Graves: 'The Rose'; 'Records'; 'The Foreboding'; 'Always'; 'A Last Poem'; 'The Green Castle'. Op. 18/1. 'The Rose'. Title-page and 2 pages of photocopy autograph score, dated within the copy '23-4 August 1976' (3 x A4 ff.). Op. 18/2. 'Reco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1966-1977
Extent:
1 file

38. MS Mus. 1893/2/30

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/30
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'After Dunstable' ('Roundhouse Piece')
Scope & Content:
'After Dunstable' for small orchestra. Also titled, at the head of the draft score, 'Roundhouse Piece', where it is also noted that [the composer John] Dunstable 'd. 24 Dec 1453'. The file comprises a pencil draft full score, together with music in pencil draft, as follows: (1). Draft full sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972-1973
Extent:
1 file

39. MS Mus. 1893/2/31

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/31
Title:
Hugh Wood: Song Cycle to Poems of Pablo Neruda (Opus 19)
Scope & Content:
Seven settings, for high voice and chamber orchestra, of poems by Pablo Neruda translated by Christopher Logue, from Logue, Songs (1959). (1). Complete autograph full score (transparencies), pp. [1]-68. Dated at the end of the score: 'Liverpool 29 January 1974': I. 'Two humans stand on a promon...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1974
Extent:
1 file

40. MS Mus. 1893/2/32

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/32
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Quartet No. 3 (Opus 20)
Scope & Content:
First performed at the Bath Festival by the Lindsay Quarter on 31 May 1978. Dedicated to Alexander Goehr. (1). Wood's original file front, identifying the work. (2). Dyeline autograph score, annotated and corrected, comprising pp. 1-21 as follows: pp. 1-10 (5ff., pages adhered back-to-back); 2...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1978
Extent:
1 file