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11. MS Mus. 1738/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/11
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Manuscript Sketches
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous pencil sketches. The leaves are numbered A1, A2, A3 and C-H. There is no leaf B. The sketches include material for the fourth, fifth and sixth string quartets, the fourth and fifth symphonies, the horn quartet, and ‘Energy’ for brass.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
ca 1970-1976
Extent:
1 volume (15 folios)

12. MS Mus. 1738/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/6
Title:
Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Vocal Music
Scope & Content:
f. 1. ‘Trocknet nicht, tränen’ (words, Goethe), for voice and piano; 1942. Score, in ink. Dated ‘23.xii.42’ at the beginning of the score. f. 2. ‘The Cherry Tree’ (words, A.E. Housman), for voice and piano; n.d. Photocopy of the autograph manuscript. On the score Simpson referred to himself as ‘M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942-1987
Extent:
1 volume (19 folios)

13. MS Mus. 1738/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/1
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 1
Scope & Content:
Score, in green ink, with various ink and pencil annotations. Dated at the end ‘21. vii. 1951 at Muswell Hill’. Submitted by the composer for his doctorate at the University of Durham in 1951. First performed in Copenhagen on 11 June 1953. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co, 1956.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1951
Extent:
1 volume (i + 73 folios)

14. MS Mus. 1738/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/7
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 7
Scope & Content:
Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘26.vi.77’ at the beginning of the score and ‘23.x.77. 3.15 p.m. at Chearsley’ at the end. Published by Faber Music, 1983.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1977
Extent:
1 volume (57 folios)

15. MS Mus. 1738/7/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/7/3
Title:
Robert Simpson: String quartet no. 8
Scope & Content:
Two photocopies of the autograph score, which is dated 18th January 1979 at the beginning and ‘8.vii.79 6.30 p.m. at Chearsley’ at the end. One copy (ff. 1-27) contains a few manuscript annotations in pencil; the other (ff. 28-56) is heavily annotated in ink and pencil and contains a manuscript l...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1979
Extent:
1 volume (56 folios)

16. MS Mus. 1738/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/3
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 3
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and dedicated to Havergal Brian. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co., 1972; rev. ed. published 1974.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1961-1962
Extent:
2 volumes

17. MS Mus. 1738/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/5
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 5
Scope & Content:
Score, in pencil. ‘Dedicated in admiration to The London Symphony Orchestra’ (f. 1). Annotated at the end ‘5.55 p.m. 10.xii.1972 at Chearsley’. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co., n.d.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972
Extent:
1 volume (110 folios)

18. MS Mus. 1738/7/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/7/6
Title:
Robert Simpson: String quartet no. 14
Scope & Content:
Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘18.ii.90’ at the beginning of the score and ‘11.iv.90 at Killelton’ at the end. Dedicated to John Young.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1990
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

19. MS Mus. 1738/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/4
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 4
Scope & Content:
Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘3.x.70’ at the beginning and ‘5.10 p.m. 13.ii.72 at Chearsley’ at the end. With a single leaf containing the solo cello part for the third movement, in ink, revised 26 October 1988 (f. 2). Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co., n.d.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1988
Extent:
1 volume (142 folios)

20. MS Mus. 1738/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1738/1/11
Title:
Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 11
Scope & Content:
Score, in pencil. Annotated at the beginning ‘30.iv.90’ and at the end ‘11.45 a.m. 18.ix.90 at Killelton’. Dedicated to Matthew Taylor.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1990
Extent:
1 volume (95 folios)