One file containing both 'I Think of all soft limbs' (Op. 122) and 'Non Event for an Event (Op. 152); and five files containing material relating to 'War God II' (Op. 155).
Richard Arnell: 'I think of all soft limbs' (Op. 122); 'Non Event for an Event' (Op. 152)
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1. ff. 1-62. 'I think of all soft limbs', Op. 122. Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation for the poetry programme 'Anthology'. A mixed media work (1971) for narrator, soprano, news tape, two trumpets, piano, and organ. Words by Ralph Gustafson. Material comprises: information abou...
Richard Arnell: War God II, Op. 155 (autograph score, movements I-II)
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War God II (Op. 155) is a revision of the cantata War God (Op. 36). War God II is scored for narrator, soprano, brass, percussion, synthesisers, chorus and tape. Autograph score in black ink (pp. 1-137) incorporating pasted down photocopied passages derived from the earlier work. The narrator's...
The material comprises: 3 copies (A4 photocopy) of the score marked in coloured highlighter pens for tape, organ, and free keyboard. 'Electronics: David Hewson'. One copy marked: 'returned 13.02.91 from Harlow Chorus'. An unbound 4th copy (A3 and A4 sheets) also marked with coloured pens. Notes ...
Vocal score derived from the earlier autograph War God score (1944), with some additions and alterations. Signed and dated twice in the original score at the end of the work: Michigan, 30 September 1944; Borehamwood, 30 December 1986.
Richard Arnell: War God II, Op. 155 (material relating to two performances)
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Two sets of material, originally housed in two separate buff envelopes, relating to two performances of War God II: 1. 14 March 1987, St. John's Smith Square. The Locke Brass Consort. Soprano: Miriam Bowen. Electronics: David Hewson. Narrator: Richard Arnell. The materials include the concert pr...
Sketch material, as follows: (1). ff. 1-12. 'Threes for Three', Op. 168. For flute, cello, piano. With a dated wrap-around sheet in Arnell's hand identifying the material: written notes (ff. 2-3) and sketch material in pencil and black ink (ff. 4-11). All dated 1991. One of the sheets of notes i...