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31. MS Mus. 1843/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/8
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Smoking Cantata
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-2. 'Kindly do not smoke…' (also known as the Smoking Cantata), for baritone and orchestra. Fair copy score in Elgar's hand with elaborate title page referring to the piece as: 'specimen of an edifying, allegorical, improving, expostulatory, educational, persuasive, hortatory, instructive, ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 volume (2 folios)

32. MS Mus. 1843/1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/20
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Sursum Corda, organ score and parts
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-58. Sursum Corda, processional for orchestra and organ, op. 11. Former references: MS136; 2000.009, from the collection of Wulstan Atkins. ff. 1-8. Organ score, in ink, with cues for the orchestral parts added in red ink. Signed and dated at the end: ‘March 1894’. ff. 9-58. Instrumental p...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1894
Extent:
1 volume (58 folios)

33. MS Mus. 1843/1/28

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/28
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Second Symphony, sketches and short score
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-**. Symphony no. 2 in E flat major, op. 63. Bound volume of sketch material and draft in short score. Former references: MS102; 1977.1148. For unused sketch material, see MS Mus. 1843/1/27. For the autograph full score, see MS Mus. 1843/1/29.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume (** folios)

34. MS Mus. 1843/1/27

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/27
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Second Symphony, unused sketch material
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-47. Symphony no. 2 in E flat major, op. 63. Volume of musical sketches. Bound in a green presentation binding with a front page (f. iii) that states: ‘Extra sheets, and sheets of rejected composition, not sent to Mrs. Charles Stuart Wortley, but found after Sir Edward Elgar’s death, by his...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Early 20th century
Extent:
1 volume (47 folios)

35. MS Mus. 1843/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/2
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: The Dream of Gerontius, miscellaneous drafts and sketches
Scope & Content:
Miscellaneous sketch material relating to The Dream of Gerontius, op.38. First performed 3 October 1900. (1). ff. 1-2. Sketch for the first 17 bars of the prelude, in short score. In this version the prelude opens a tone higher, in E minor. With an annotation in Elgar's hand: 'This is the first...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1900
Extent:
1 volume (7 folios)

36. MS Mus. 1843/1/25

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/25
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Violin Concerto, sketches and short score
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-96. Violin Concerto in B minor, op.61. Sketches and short score, comprising: (1). f. 1. Sketch for part of the first movement, corresponding to five bars before cue 32 in the published score. On a single sheet of paper that is the same as the type Elgar is known to have used while staying...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1909
Extent:
1 volume (96 folios)

37. MS Mus. 1843/1/40

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/40
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: String Quartet in E minor, sketches
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-18. String Quartet in E minor, op.83, 1918. Miscellaneous sketches and drafts in short score related to the first and second movements. Former references: MS83; 1977.712. ff. 1-3. Three individual sketches for parts of the first movement, on two staves. In pencil (ff. 1 and 3) and ink (f. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (18 folios)

38. MS Mus. 1843/1/41

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/41
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: String Quartet in E minor, full score
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-80. String Quartet in E minor, op.83. Bound volume containing a fair copy of the score together with instrumental parts. Dated at the end: ‘Brinkwells 1918’. ff. 1-33. Full score fair copy (paginated 1-49) ff. 34-46. Violin I part ff. 47-57. Violin II part ff. 58-69. Viola part ff. 70-80. ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1918
Extent:
1 volume (80 folios)

39. MS Mus. 1843/1/51

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/51
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Copies of works by others
Scope & Content:
Works by other composers, copied by Elgar. (1). ff. 1-2. Extracts from string quartets and masses by Haydn. Former references: MS86; 1977.706.1. (2). ff. 3-4. Copy of 'A daily study' by Adolphe Pollitzer. Inscribed at the bottom 'good luck to you'. Former references: MS87; 1977.706.2. (3). ff...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

40. MS Mus. 1843/1/49

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1843/1/49
Title:
Elgar Birthplace Collection: Published violin studies by Rudolphe Kreutzer, Henry Schradieck and others, with manuscript sketches and piano accompaniments by Elgar.
Scope & Content:
(1). Bound volume containing published violin studies by Henry Schradieck and Pierre Baillot (the latter signed and lightly annotated by Elgar), together with a published edition of J.S. Bach's sonatas for solo violin by Joseph Hellmesberger. At the back of the volume ten pages of blank manuscri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:

1 box (3 bound volumes, 8 folios)