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11. MS Mus. 1774/8/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/9
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to 24 Hours in TT Scale (Op. 156)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-47. 'Programme Notes', and typed and autograph words (by Arnell) (2). ff. 48-70. Sketch material (pencil) and related notes. (The music is attributed to Arnell and David Hewson.) (3). f. 71. Correspondence: a single letter (from Laurence Pollinger Ltd.).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:

71 folios

12. MS Mus. 1774/8/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/5
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence, notes and pencil sketch material for Symphony No. 6 (Op. 179)
Scope & Content:
The file comprises: 1. Various written notes and general ideas headed 'Symphony 6 or 7' and 'General Ideas / Philosophy of the Work' (dated 1973-86). Referred to as: 'Film Symphony. Not a musical work backing and illustrating a film, and not a film illustrating a piece of music, but a work which...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973-1994
Extent:

179 folios

13. MS Mus. 1774/8/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/3
Title:
Richard Arnell: 'Secret Agent'
Scope & Content:
Various materials relating to a projected opera (based on the novel by Joseph Conrad) with words by Edward Lucie-Smith: 1. ff. 1-8. Typed synopsis, photocopy. 2. ff. 9-25. Correspondence with Edward Lucie-Smith . 3. ff. 26-53. Other correspondence, including Royal Opera House and The English Ope...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974-1977
Extent:

60 folios

14. MS Mus. 1774/8/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/13
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and rough notes relating to Xanadu (Op. 175)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-26. Rough notes about the composition (1992-93). (2). ff. 27-82. Correspondence and publicity. Includes original proposal (to set Coleridge's poem 'Kubla Khan' for mixed chorus, keyboard and tape). Various letters, including several from Michael Kibblewhite (Musical Director, Harlow Ch...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1993
Extent:

86 folios

15. MS Mus. 1774/8/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/11
Title:
Richard Arnell: Material relating to concerts at Tadcaster, including a recital by Moura Lympany
Scope & Content:
(1). Material relating to a recital by Moura Lympany at Riley-Smith Hall, Tadcaster, 14 September, 1990. Includes: draft press release, small poster, concert programme, newspaper reports (photocopied) and various notes by Arnell. The press release notes: 'A contribution will be made from the proc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1985-1990
Extent:
1 file

16. MS Mus. 1774/8/14

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/14
Title:
Richard Arnell: Papers relating to music to accompany the silent film The Drifters
Scope & Content:
Papers relating to a project with David Hewson to develop a score to be performed live to accompany a showing of the silent documentary film The Drifters (John Grierson, 1929) at the Norwich Film Festival, 16 October 1994. However, despite considerable work on the project, the performance did no...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-1994
Extent:

104 folios

17. MS Mus. 1774/8/12

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/12
Title:
Richard Arnell: Sketch material and related matter for String Quartet No. 6 (Op. 170)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-2. Two letters on Cheltenham International Festival of Music headed paper (20 August and 4 October 1991), inviting Arnell to write a new string quartet for the Cheltenham Festival (1992), in celebration of his 75th birthday. The letters appear to be from (signature obscure) Sir John Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1992
Extent:

86 folios

18. MS Mus. 1774/8/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/16
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and papers relating to various works
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-12. Libretto (annotated cue sheet) for Moonflowers (Op. 83), a mixture of typed and autograph sheets (pp. 1-11). With original file-front annotated by Arnell. (2). ff. 13-22. Letters from the Canadian poet Ralph Gustafson with the following dates: 8 July 1994; 4 December 1994; 15 Febru...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1994-1999
Extent:

95 folios

19. MS Mus. 1774/8/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/6
Title:
Richard Arnell: Correspondence and notes regarding R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146)
Scope & Content:
(1). ff. 1-10. Correspondence relating to R.V.W.'s Almanac (Op. 146), comprising several letters (1983-84) from Philip Turbett (The Ebony Quartet), and a letter from Ursula Vaughan Williams (1 June [1984]). The sequence of letters includes an unrelated letter from Colin Wilson (16 March 1984) con...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1995
Extent:

28 folios

20. MS Mus. 1774/8/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1774/8/1
Title:
Richard Arnell: Miscellaneous letters
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous letters (and related material) originally retained together by Arnell in a single file, comprising: (1). ff. 3-4. Typed words [c 1960] in Welsh for 'Wales' (Op. 94). (2). ff. 5-12. Correspondence relating to Robert Flaherty: typed letter (1975) from Monica [Flaherty] (daughter); po...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Welsh
Date Range:
1960-1994
Extent:

108 folios