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1. Add MS 52525-52535

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Add MS 52525-52535
Title:
Musical compositions of Sir Edward Elgar
Scope & Content:
Autograph. Mostly bearing original ink foliations.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901-1928
Extent:
13 volumes

2. Add MS 52526

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Add MS 52526
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'May-song', piano solo
Scope & Content:
1901, with later annotations. Annotation by Elgar on the title-page (f. 1) referring to an arrangement for violin and piano.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1901
Extent:
1 volume (11 folios)

3. Add MS 52533

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Add MS 52533
Title:
Edward Elgar: Ballet, 'The Sanguine Fan', op. 81
Scope & Content:
Libretto by Ina Lowther, inspired by a fan decorated in sanguine by Charles Conder. Full score. First performed at Chelsea Palace Theatre, London, as part of the revue, 'Chelsea on Tiptoe', 20 Mar. 1917. Cancelled earlier version of f. 12 on f. 1v.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1917
Extent:
1 volume (i + 109 folios)

4. Add MS 52531

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Add MS 52531
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Fight for the (cancelled) Right'
Scope & Content:
Words by William Morris from 'Sigurd the Volsung', beginning 'When thou hearest the fool rejoicing'. Written for Gervase Elwes, for the Fight for Right Movement.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916
Extent:
1 volume (3 folios)

5. Add MS 52530 A-C

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Add MS 52530 A-C
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Starlight Express', op. 78
Scope & Content:
Incidental music, in three acts, for the play by Violet Pearn based on A Prisoner in Fairyland, 1913, by Algernon Blackwood. Dated Dec. 1915 (Add MS 52530 C, f. 120). Full score. First performed at the Kingsway Theatre, London, 29 Dec. 1915.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915
Extent:
3 volumes

6. Add MS 52525

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Add MS 52525
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Rosemary ("Thats for Remembrance")', version for small orchestra
Scope & Content:
Full score. Originally composed for piano trio at Settle, co. York, 4 Sept. 1882.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1915
Extent:
1 volume (i + 8 folios)

7. Add MS 52534

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Add MS 52534
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'The Prince of Sleep. Part-Song for Mixed Voices'
Scope & Content:
'Napleton [Grange, Kempsey, co. Worc.] July 22nd. 1925' (f. 9). Words by Walter De La Mare, begins 'I met at eve'. Vocal score.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

8. Add MS 52527

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Add MS 52527
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Carissima', piano solo and orchestral versions
Scope & Content:
Piano score (ff. 1-7) and full score (ff. 8-23), both bearing the cancelled title (ff. 1, 8) 'Récit d'amour'. First performed at the Royal Albert Hall, London, 15 Feb. 1914. Based on fragmentary sketches in Add MS 63157, ff. 5v-6. Both versions, and other arrangements, published 1914.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 volume (i + 23 folios)

9. Add MS 52528

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Add MS 52528
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Polonia', op. 76, symphonic prelude on Polish airs
Scope & Content:
Full score. First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, for a Polish Victims' Relief Fund Concert, 6 July 1915.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jun 1915
Extent:
1 volume (ii + 74 folios)

10. Add MS 52532

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 52532
Title:
Edward Elgar: 'Le Drapeau Belge', op. 79, recitation with orchestral accompaniment
Scope & Content:
Words by Cammaerts, beginning 'Rouge pour le sang des soldats'. Piano score (ff. 1-4) and full score (ff. 5-15). First performed at the Queen's Hall, London, 14 Apr. 1917.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
French
Date Range:
[1916?]
Extent:
1 volume (15 folios)