Thea Musgrave: 'Beauty and the beast'. Full score, Act 2, scene 3-4 and fragment of Act 1
Scope & Content:
(1.) Act II Scenes iii–iv (foliated 355–531). (2.) Full score of the first four bars of Act I, bearing a copyright date of 1969, and its envelope, 'M.S p1', postmarked 'Notting Hill 26 Oct 70' and sent by recorded delivery to Musgrave.
Thea Musgrave: 'Beauty and the beast'. Draft for Act 2
Scope & Content:
(1.) Composition draft for Act II; 1968? In ink and pencil, in short score. The leaves are foliated in separate sequences for each new number in the ballet. (2.) A slightly later composition draft for an extract from No.32 (part of Act II). Presented by Thea Musgrave to Ian Sneddon. 3 folios.
Thea Musgrave: 'The Story of Harriet Tubman', adaptation by J. Grant. Full score for section corresponding to Act 2 of the opera, and vocal score 'link pages'
Scope & Content:
(1.) Section corresponding to Act II of the opera, pp. 193-343. (2.) 'MS link pages…reference only'. Passages of vocal score, where it differs from the vocal score for the opera.
Thea Musgrave: 'Pontalba', opera. Materials relating to world première
Scope & Content:
Photographs (printouts on paper), correspondence, and press cuttings relating to the world première production in New Orleans in October 2003. Includes letters and cards from Dr Nina Kelly, Jutta and Klauspeter Seibel, Kathryn Day, Robert Breault and Pattie Murray.
Thea Musgrave: 'Mary, Queen of Scots', opera. Production correspondence and amendments
Scope & Content:
(1.) Correspondence with Jake Gardner (baritone who sang the role of James in the world and USA premières) and with Catherine Wilson (soprano who sang the role of Mary in the world première), including detailed discussion of amendments and ossias to vocal parts; 1977. (2.) 'Chorus breakdown, CG: ...