MS Mus. 1092. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xv. Sketches; 1991, n.d. ff. 13. 300 x 420mm. 1. ff. 1-5. Draft of the revised version of ‘The year’s Christmas’; 1991. 2. ff. 7-13. Sketches for ‘In memoriam Jan Palach’; circa 1985.
MS Mus. 1086. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. ix. Editions and arrangements; 1970-1992. Some in oblong format. ff. 19. 310 x 360mm. 1. ff. 1-6. Johann Sebastian Bach: ‘Trio super “Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend”’, BWV 655, arranged for two violins and continuo; May 1992. Pencil and...
MS Mus. 1078. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. i. Cantatas; 1950-1985. ff. 125. 600 x 420mm. 1. ff. 1-36. ‘Croagh Patrick’, cantata (words, Edward Fawcett) for alto and baritone soloists, speaker, strings and timpani; 1950, revised 1954. Full score in ink (ff. 1-21), alto part with piano...
MS Mus. 1103. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xxvi. Lectures and other writings; 1964-1988. Lectures for courses at Denman College on the operas of Mozart, Verdi and Wagner; articles and book reviews. With related correspondence. ff. 150. 350 x 215mm. includes: ff. 129, 144 Malcolm M...
MS Mus. 1093. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xvi. Translation by Jean and Christopher Shaw of Fatinitza by Franz von Suppé; circa 1986. Photocopy of the published vocal score (Hamburg: Cranz, [1878?]), with a manuscript English translation pasted over the text. pp. 3-193. 300 x 420mm. i...
MS Mus. 1089. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xii. Editions and arrangements; 1958-1989. ff. 100. 370 x 295mm. 1. ff. 1-11. Seven Greek folk-songs from the Island of Chios, arranged for voice and piano; 1958, revised 1987. Ink score. Greek. Dedicated to Maria Piccaver. 2. ff. 12-23r...
MS Mus. 1095. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xviii. Translation by Jean and Christopher Shaw of Le paradis perdu by Igor Markevitch; circa 1984. Sketches and drafts of the translation commissioned by Boosey & Hawkes, together with related correspondence and portions of the score writte...
MS Mus. 1094. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xvii. Translations by Jean and Christopher Shaw; n.d. ff. 44 + pp. i + 304. 300 x 220mm. 1. ff. 1-44. Jacques Offenbach: Les deux Aveugles; n.d. Photocopy of the published vocal score (Paris: Joubert, [1868?]), with a manuscript translation ...
MS Mus. 1104. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. xxvii. Papers relating to Kurt Weill; 1986-1992. ff. i + 136. 345 x 225mm. includes: ff. 31-107 David Drew, writer on music: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Kim Kowalke, President of the Kurt Weill Foundation for Music: Michael Haas...