Thea Musgrave: Horn Concerto, 'Variations on A Happy Birthday'
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Horn Concerto'; 1970-1971. Sketches, in pencil. Score. Dyeline copy, heavily annotated in various plain and coloured pencils and inks. (2.) 'Variations on “A Happy Birthday”: a variation in one minute; to celebrate the 70th birthday of Sir William Walton'; 1972. Score, on transparencies.
Thea Musgrave: 'Turbulent Landscapes', for orchestra: sketches and correspondence
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Rough sketches' (2.) Draft ('Final sketches'). (3.) A certificate, dated 09/12/2005, relating to the nomination of the composition for a British Composer Award. (4.) Printouts of emails between Musgrave and dedicatees of individual movements.
Contracts (including letters of engagement), for composition commissions and performance engagements, accompanied, in some cases, by a small quantity of correspondence discussing terms. There are typically three contracting parties, Musgrave, her publisher, and the commissioner, with the contrac...
Full score; 'London. April 1968–May 1969'. On transparencies except where otherwise stated, bearing a copyright date of 1968 except where otherwise stated. As a result of cuts, there are gaps in the composer's foliation.