Photocopy of Franz Liszt: Two Rhenish songs, 'Der ist sein Reben blut nicht werth' and 'O edler saft O lauter Gold', the music in the hand of a copyist, the words in the handwriting of Liszt. Creation date of original: circa 1835.
Photocopy of a letter, dated 3 April 1656, from Abraham Cowley to an unidentified recipient concerning the 'Opera and plans for Declamations' in London of Sir William Davenant.
1. J S Bach: Manuscript of clarino I part to the cantata ‘Herr Gott dich loben alle wir’, BWV 130, in the hand of Christain Gottlob Meissner with autograph annotations; [1724]. 2. Sir Edward Elgar: Autograph manuscript describing the Second Symphony; 13 April 1911. 3. Joseph Hadyn: Manuscipt o...
Photocopies of Sir William Walton: Autograph draft of The Foresaken Merman (1916) and proof copies with annotations of Siesta (1928).
Scope & Content:
1. The Forsaken Merman for tenor and soprano solo, chorus and orchestra, text by Matthew Arnold, in vocal score, the orchestration only occasionally indicated in the piano part, notated in pencil and blue ink on up to twelve staves, with a number of deletions, alterations and ersures. ff.20. Lar...