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1. MS Mus. 250-263

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 250-263
Title:
ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION MSS Mus. 250-263. Arthur Leslie Benjamin (b.1893, d.1960): music manuscripts; 1910 – [1965], n.d. Autograph unless stated otherwise. A microfilm of several further autograph full scores is at Mus.Mic.H.1. Presented by Vernon Duker, Esq., in memory of Jack Henderson, 2 May 1995, 9 Aug. and 17 Sept. 1996. Fourteen volumes. British Library arrangement. A. Operatic works and ballets: MSS Mus. 250-258. B. Vocal music: MS Mus. 259. C. Orchestral music: MSS Mus. 260-...
Scope & Content:
Arthur Leslie Benjamin, composer and pianist: Music manuscripts: 1910-[1965], n.d.: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-[1965]
Extent:
14 items

2. MS Mus. 260-261

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 260-261
Title:
C. Orchestral Music.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1915-1953]
Extent:
2 items

3. MS Mus. 262-263

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 262-263
Title:
D. Chamber Music.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1910-1958]
Extent:
2 items

4. MS Mus. 250-258

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 250-258
Title:
A. Operatic Works and Ballets.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1931-1965]
Extent:
9 items

5. MS Mus. 259

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 259
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 259. B. Vocal Music. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. ix. Vocal music; circa 1925 – 1940, n.d. ff. 19. Largest size 365 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Three Impressions’, for medium voice and string quartet, to poems by William Sharp; circa 1925. Parts, for violins and viola only. The three so...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1920-1940
Extent:
1 item

6. MS Mus. 258

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 258
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 258. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. viii. ‘The Faun’s Mistress’, synopsis for an opera in three acts; n.d. The synopsis is written in the composer’s hand on sheets which have been pasted into an album subsequently illustrated with pictures of the characters and scenes. The illustration...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

7. MS Mus. 263

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 263
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 263. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xiii. Chamber music; 1910-58. ff. 131. Largest size 360 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-6. Four pieces for piano solo; 1910. In ink. 2. ff. 7-48. Quintet in C minor for clarinet and strings; 1913-14. Score in ink, with emendations in pencil. 3. ff. 49-89. Sona...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1958
Extent:
1 item

8. MS Mus. 261

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 261
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 261. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xi. Concerto for harmonica and orchestra; June – July 1953. Dyeline copy of the autograph full score, with conductor’s annotations in pencil. Dedicated to Larry Adler. Piano reduction published Hawkes & Son, 1957. ff. 43. 352 x 265mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1953-Jul 1953
Extent:
1 item

9. MS Mus. 262

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 262
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 262. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. xii. ‘Pastorale, Arioso and Finale’, for piano solo; 1943. Written in ink with pencil annotations. Dedicated to Jack Henderson. Published Boosey & Hawkes, 1948. ff. 16. 312 x 242mm. Half-buckram binding.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1943
Extent:
1 item

10. MS Mus. 252

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 252
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Vocal score, in ink, with engraver’s markings added in pencil. Incomplete. Dated 11-21 July [1949] (f. 25), 21 Aug. 1949 (f. 83v), 17 Feb. 1950 (f. 146). ff. 154.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950
Extent:
1 item