MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. cxlix. Tallis: Four Voluntaries, Gesualdo: Two Motets, March: The Pole Star. Ink full scores; dated Jan. 1983 (f. 1). With notes for brass band instrumentation on cover (f. 1). ff. 11. 455 x 290mm.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. xxxiii-xxxvii. ‘Resurrection’ (J216), opera in one act with prologue (words by the composer); 1986-1987. Vocal score published Chester Music, 1994. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer: Compositions by Peter Maxwell Davies for which the composer wrote the words: 1966-1992.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. lix. ‘Prolation’. Sketches and drafts. For a single folio of a version for piano, see Add. 71378, f. 22. ff. 65. 365 x 270mm.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. clxxvi. ‘Solstice of Light’. Draft in condensed score; dated Bunertoon, 18 Jan. 1979 (f. 37). In pencil with coloured inks and crayon. With draft note on the work (f. 18v). The wrapper is dated ‘Dec.–Jan.’ (f. 38v). ff. 38. 295 x 415mm.
MAXWELL DAVIES MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. clxxxviii. Monteverdi arrangements. Parts; n.d. Mostly on transparencies. ff. 110. Largest size 380 x 280mm. 1. ff. 1-15. Movement from Ballo delle Ingrate. 2. ff. 16-19. Ritornello from L’Incoronazione di Poppea. 3. ff. 20-110. ‘Domine ad Adiuvandum’ (ff. 20...