TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. lxii. Drafts for the libretto and sketches for the music of 'The Ice Break'; circa 1973. Ink and pencil. ff. i+94. 226 x 177mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. lxv. Ink sketches for String Quartet no. 5 and notes on 'The Vision of St Augustine'; 1990-1991. The label on the front cover reads: 'Tippett Notebook (The Rose Lake)'. ff. i+16. 228 x 174mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. lxiv. Ink notes for the Triple Concerto, 'The Mask of Time', 'The Blue Guitar' and Piano Sonata no. 4; 1978-1984. ff. i+64. 198 x 160mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vols. xix, xx. 'Seven at one Stroke', play for children (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1939. Two volumes.
Scope & Content:
Christopher Fry, dramatist: Musical works by Sir M. K. Tippett , to words by Christopher Fry: 1930-1939.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xvii. Printed score (1942) with mainly ink and some pencil revisions in preparation for the revised version (1954); 1954? Some of the revisions are on appended sheets (ff. 10, 13). With a sheet of ink 'Notes for the Copyist' explaining the annotations (f. 2), a...
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xxxv. Notebook 2, pencil draft of the text of Part II of 'A Child of our Time; circa 1939. Evidently earlier than Add. 72034. ff. 5. 202 x 165mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xiii. Acts I, II. Ink copy vocal score, with pencil annotations. With an additional song inserted in another hand (f. 7). ff. iii+44. Principal size 369 x 272mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xi. Act I. Ink draft full score, with pencil and ink annotations and revisions. Imperfect, wanting pp. 8-9 (between ff. 4 and 5) and 19-20 (between ff. 9 and 10). ff. 17. Largest size 370 x 273mm.
TIPPETT COLLECTION (PART IV). Vol. xii. Act I. Ink draft vocal score, with ink and pencil annotations and revisions. Partly copy. Apparently imperfect. The pages in a copyist's hand (ff. 8-9, 12-19) are clearly part of the vocal score of an earlier version. On the title-page is a pencil outline ...