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1. Add MS 45934-45950

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Musical compositions of Ethel Mary Smyth, D.B.E. 1922 (b. 1858, d. 1944); 1887-1938. Mostly autograph. Further music manuscripts of Dame Ethel are Add. MSS. 46857-46863, containing early unpublished works; Add. MS. 49196 is an autograph catalogue of her compositions. For the location of other manuscripts see C. St John, Ethel Smyth, 1959, p. 308. See also Brit. Mus. Quart., xv, 1952, p. 35. Seventeen volumes. Paper. Various sizes. Presented by Brig.-Gen. Robert Napier...
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Ethel Mary Smyth, DBE; composer: Musical compositions: 1887-1938.: Mostly autogr.
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Music Collections
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English
Date Range:
1887-1938
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17 items

2. Add MS 45946

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XIII (ff. 40). 'Variations on "Bonny Sweet Robin" (Ophelia's Song) for Flute Oboe (or Violin or Viola) & Pianoforte.' In score. Composed in 1927 and dedicated (f. 1) to the flautist, Albert Fransella. Published by Oxford University Press, 1928, from this manuscri...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
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1 item

3. Add MS 45947

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. VOI. XIV (ff. 2). 'Organ Prelude on a Traditional Irish Air written for E Oe Somerville...' Composed in 1938 (cf. f. 1b) and published by Boosey & Co., 1939, from this manuscript which bears the engraver's indications of line-ends and page-turns. For an account of Dr ...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1938
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1 item

4. Add MS 45948

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XV (ff. 122). 'Concerto for Violin, Horn & Orchestra ... arranged by the composer as Trio for Violin, Horn (or Viola or Violoncello) & Pianoforte.' In three movements:- 'Allegro Moderato' (ff. 4-38), 'Elegy' (ff. 39b-50b), 'Finale', (ff. 51b-121). In score....
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1927
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1 item

5. Add MS 45934-45937

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. I-IV. 'Fantasio': comic opera in two acts based on the play by Alfred de Musset; 1892 - 1894, with later resisions. The libretto, in German, was written by the composer in collaboration with Henry Bennet Brewster (C. St John, op. cit., pp. 83, 90). First performed at Weimar, 20 May 1898 (C. St John, op. cit., p. 93; A. Loewenberg, Annals of Opera, Geneva, 1955, i, col. 121O, gives the date as 24 May) and revived at Karlsruhe, 10 Feb. 1901. Published, in vocal sc...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1892-1894
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4 items

6. Add MS 45939-45941

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vols. VI-VIII. 'Les Naufrageurs': opera in three acts to a libretto, in French, by H. B. Brewster. Full score, dated at the end of Act III 'Dec. 13th. [1905]' (45941, f. 145b). Composed in 1903-1904 (C. St John, op. cit., p. 305) and first performed in Leipzig, 15 Nov. 1906 (What Happened Next, p. 266; A. Loewenberg, op. cit., col. 1274, gives the date as 11 Nov.); a different production followed at Prague, 12 Dec. 1906. Published, in vocal score, by Breitkopf & H...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1905]
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3 items

7. Add MS 45944

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XI (ff. ii + 91). 'Songs of Sunrise.' No. 2, '"1910" For mixed Chorus, with (or without) Band': full score (ff. 1 -29) and copies of band parts (ff. 30-91 passim);-no. 3, 'The March of the Women': copies of band parts only (ff. 30-91 passim). Composed in 1911 in conn...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1910-1911
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1 item

8. Add MS 45945

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol XII (ff. 46). Three 'Songs of the Sea': settings of poems by Arthur Symons for mezzo soprano and orchestra. No. 1, 'Requies' (ff. 1-9 b); no. 2, 'Before the Squall' (ff. 1O-39);-no. 3, 'After Sunset' (ff. 40-46). Full score. Composed in 1913 and published the same yea...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1913
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 45949

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. VOI XVI (ff. i + 29). Sonata in C minor for violoncello and piano. In four movements:-'Allegro appassionato' (ff. 1-7b), 'Allegretto (Ländler tempo) (ff. 8-12b), 'Andante' (ff. 13-15b), 'Allegro con fuoco' (ff. 16-22). Score (ff. 1-22) and copy of violoncello part (ff. 23...
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Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1887
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 45938

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ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. V (ff. i + 213). 'Der Wald': opera in one act to a libretto by the composer, originally written in German and based on an idea of H. B. Brewster to whom the work was dedicated (C. St John, op. cit., p. 98; E. Smyth, What Happened Next, pp. 213-214). Full score dated'...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1902
Extent:
1 item