APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. XII. 'Thomas Lovell Beddoes Songs', op. 24; 1953. Four songs:- 'The Heart's ease'; 'A ho! A ho! Love's horn doth blow' from 'The Bride's Tragedy'; 'How many times do I love thee, Dear' from 'Torrismond'; 'To Sea! To Sea!' from 'Death's Jest-Book'. ff. 18. 305 x 249mm. ...
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. IV. Short score; 1951. Pencil with red and blue crayon annotations. With three photographs of the 1952 production at Covent Garden (ff. 68-69, 104). ff. vi+104. 305 x 255mm. In three limp bound volumes.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. V. Full score; 1951, 1954. Pencil, with blue and red crayon conductor's markings. Changes in orchestration (1954) are in red ink. With a typewritten synopsis (ff. 1-4). ff. 103, 58. 375 x 280mm. Bound in two volumes.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. Full score (with the French title only). Pencil, with red crayon conductor's markings. ff. viii+64. Largest size 365 x 275mm. In three limp bound volumes.
APIVOR MANUSCRIPTS. Vols. IV, V. 'A Mirror for Witches', ballet in one act (a prologe and five scenes) based on the novel by Esther Forbes, op. 19; 1951, 1954. The autograph score of the 'Symphonic Suite', op. 19a, based on music from the ballet, is in the BBC Music Library. Two volumes.
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Esther Forbes, writer: Denis ApIvor's ballet, 'A Mirror for Witches' , based on the novel by Esther Forbes: 1951, 1954.