Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera. Libretto drafts
Scope & Content:
Libretto draft, '1st Draft Jan 1964', typewritten with handwritten annotations. Foliation restarts with each scene. Libretto draft, '4th Draft Oct 1964 + corrections Nov 1964' (struck-out), typewritten with handwritten annotations. Foliation runs continuously throughout the draft. Libretto draft,...
Thea Musgrave: 'Pontalba', opera. Annotated full score with revised leaves
Scope & Content:
Spiral-bound full score for each act, with loose leaves superseding the corresponding pages in the spiral-bound score. Both bound and loose material bears heavy annotation. With working title 'Pontalba. A Louisiana legacy'.
Thea Musgrave: 'The Decision', opera. Chorus edition of vocal score
Scope & Content:
Passages from the vocal score adapted specifically for the chorus (abbreviating or excluding sections in which the chorus is not involved), on transparencies, bearing a copyright date of 1965. Leaves which are identical to the main vocal score are not present. Foliation is at the bottom-centre of...