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1. MS Mus. 1843/1/12-18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/12-18
Title:
Manuscript scores and sketches from the Elgar Birthplace Collection: Church music
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 1843/1/12: Hymns and anthems in English MS Mus. 1843/1/13: 'I sing the birth' MS Mus. 1843/1/14: Hymn cards MS Mus. 1843/1/15: Hymns in latin MS Mus. 1843/1/16: Litanies MS Mus. 1843/1/17: Litanies, parts for individual voices MS Mus. 1843/1/18: Book of litanies for St. George's, Worcester
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
7 files

2. MS Mus. 1843/1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/14
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymn cards
Scope & Content:
Six sets of cards containing individual voice parts: soprano (three sets), tenor, bass (two sets). The cards are pre-printed with words and blank stave lines, with the tunes copied in various hands, including in some cases Elgar's. The following have been identified as having been composed or ha...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 box (60 folios)

3. MS Mus. 1843/1/17

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/17
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Litanies, parts for individual voices
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-21. Cards with pre-printed words and blank staves, to which music for various litanies has been added, mainly in Elgar’s hand. Each card contains an individual voice part for the litanies which are believed to have been composed, at least in part, by Elgar. (1). ff. 1-6. 'Litany No. 5' ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1885-1888
Extent:
1 volume (21 folios)

4. MS Mus. 1843/1/18

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/18
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Book of litanies for St. George's Church, Worcester
Scope & Content:
Bound volume ('Liverpool & London & Globe Insurance Company' note book) entitled 'Litanies 1916'. Containing the following litanies for SATB voices and copied in at least three hands, none of them Elgar's. While the copying took place in 1916 the compositions by Elgar are thought to date...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1886-1916
Extent:
1 volume (20 folios)

5. MS Mus. 1843/1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/13
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: I sing the birth
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-9. ‘I Sing the Birth’, for unaccompanied SATB chorus with piano part for rehearsal purposes. The manuscript is titled 'Carol (An Hymn on the Nativity of my Saviour) by Ben Jonson with the Alleluias added'. Fair copy in ink, marked up for engraving. The first page has the copyright line '19...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1928
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

6. MS Mus. 1843/1/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/16
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Litanies
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-17. Individual litanies in score. Numbers 3, 6, 7 and 11 are believed to have been composed in part by Elgar around 1885-1886. (1). ff. 1-2. 'Litany', for SATB voices. Undated fair copy of 'Litany 3' (see MS Mus. 1843/1/18) in an unknown hand. Former references: MS95; 1999.013. (2). ff....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

7. MS Mus. 1843/1/15

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/15
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymns in Latin
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-25. Hymns in Latin, composed by Edward Elgar. (1). f. 1. 'Kyrie eleison', in A major, for SATB voices. No date, but in the composer's early handwriting and thought to have been written when Elgar was a child. Former references: MS132; 2000.018, from the collection of Wulstan Atkins. (2)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1876-1886
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)

8. MS Mus. 1843/1/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/12
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Hymns and anthems in English
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-16. Hymns and anthems in English composed by Edward Elgar and in his hand unless otherwise stated. (1). f. 1-2. ‘Praise ye the Lord on every Height’ (later provided with new text to become Good Morrow). Soprano part, fair copy. Headed 'No. 15. Praise' and stamped 'St. George's Catholic C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1878-1929
Extent:

1 volume (16 folios)