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101. MS Mus. 1893/2/47

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/47
Title:
Hugh Wood: Laurie Lee Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra (Opus 28)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises not only Opus 28 but also Wood's earlier settings (1956-59) of the same Laurie Lee poems for voice and piano upon which Opus 28 is based. (1). Wood's original file front identifying the material. (2). Bound scores (copy autograph in Chester Music covers) of Laurie Lee Songs ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-2011
Extent:
1 file

102. MS Mus. 1893/2/81

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/81
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Wild Cyclamen' (Opus 49): Settings of Twelve Poems by Robert Graves
Scope & Content:
Settings of twelve poems by Robert Graves, for high voice and piano. The file comprises a series of fair copy scores in pencil, including, in two instances, draft music. Most songs have been scored on bifolia (295 x 420 mm) which have 15 staves (3 groups of 5 staves). For many songs, Wood has p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2005-2006
Extent:
1 file

103. 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

104. MS Mus. 1893/2/44

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/44
Title:
Hugh Wood: Songs (Opus 25)
Scope & Content:
Four songs for high voice and piano, settings of four poems by Stephen Spender, Laurie Lee, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, and Christopher Logue. (1). Op. 25 no. 1: 'Ice' by Stephen Spender. Autograph score in black ink: outer bifolium enclosing score within (pp. 1-6) on two bifolia (250 x 305 mm). Dated...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1969-1997
Extent:
1 file

105. MS Mus. 1893/2/62

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/62
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Songs' (Opus 37)
Scope & Content:
Settings for high voice and piano of poems by four different poets: Edmund Waller, 'Goe, Lovely Rose'; Arthur Symons, 'White Heliotrope'; John Crowe Ransom, 'Blue Girls'; and Pablo Neruda, 'Amor'. (1). Edmund Waller, 'Goe, Lovely Rose': Incomplete pencil full score (p. 1 only), dated 12-13 Augu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1984-1993
Extent:
1 file

106. MS Mus. 1893/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/5
Title:
Hugh Wood: Wood's Programme Notes for His Compositions, and Reviews of His Work
Scope & Content:
1. Hugh Wood's typed programme notes for many of his compositions. The notes are sometimes in draft form and, for some works, exist in more than one version having evidently been written for different occasions. There are notes for the following Opus numbers: Op.1. Variations for viola and piano...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-[c 2010]
Extent:
1 file

107. MS Mus. 1893/2/93

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/93
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'The Isles of Greece' (Opus 52)
Scope & Content:
Settings of six poems for baritone and piano: Lawrence Durrell, 'Delos';Lawrence Durrell, 'Nemea';Robert Graves, 'Ouzo Unclouded';George Seferis, 'In the Sea Caves';Demetrios Capetanakis, 'The Isles of Greece';Lawrence Durrell, 'Bitter Lemons'. The songs were begun in 1993 (originally Opus 41) b...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977-2007
Extent:
1 file

108. MS Mus. 1893/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1/3
Title:
Hugh Wood: Correspondence with the BBC
Scope & Content:
The material in this file is sub-divided into two parts. 1. Correspondence with named correspondents (as maintained by Wood), and correspondence concerning the Young Composer's Forum, as follows: Glock, William (1968-88). Begins with a brief letter (1968) from Glock commissioning 'your Cello Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1968-2002
Extent:
1 file

109. MS Mus. 1893/2/101

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/101
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Light Music and Occasional Pieces'
Scope & Content:
These compositions were originally gathered together by Wood into two files, one of which was titled 'Light Music and Occasional Pieces'. The two files have been combined and the compositions arranged in chronological order. The fronts of the original files listing their contents have been retai...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1980]-2008
Extent:
1 file

110. MS Mus. 1893/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/1
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Pieces Written at School and at Oxford'
Scope & Content:
Music written at Oundle School, Northamptonshire (Wood entered as a boarder in 1945) and at New College, Oxford University (1951-54). Between school and university, Wood completed his National Service (1950-51). In the summer of 1948, Wood attended the first Summer School of Music at Bryanston S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-1954
Extent:
1 file