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1. Add MS 65092-65098

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Add MS 65092-65098
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER: sketches and draft libretto for the unfinished opera 'Thomas the Rhymer' (libretto, Ursula Vaughan Williams) by Ralph Vaughan Williams; [1958]. Autograph, the libretto partly typewritten. The musical sketches in vocal score. Add. 70985 is a complete copy of the libretto, and Add. 70986 an incomplete copy of the vocal score. For the work, in progress but unfinished at the composer's death, see note by Ursula Vaughan Williams (Add. 65093 A, f. i), and Michael Kennedy, A Cata...
Scope & Content:
Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: Opera 'Thomas the Rhymer' by Ralph Vaughan Williams: [1958]: Incomplete: Mostly autogr.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1958]
Extent:
40 items

2. Add MS 65093-65098

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Add MS 65093-65098
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vols. II-VII. Musical sketches. Entered into a series of notebooks; Add. 65093 and 65097 include sketch material for other works written at the same time, as noted below. Thirty-nine notebooks in six volumes. 310 x 325mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
39 items

3. Add MS 65092

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Add MS 65092
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Scope & Content:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. I. Drafts for the libretto. Partly typewritten, with annotations by composer and librettist, partly in the hand of the librettist. Incomplete, with much duplication and many variant passages. ff. ii+83. Various sizes. 1. f. ii. Woodcut portrait of the composer. 2. f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 65098 A-F

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Add MS 65098 A-F
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. VII A-F. Drafts of Act III. Six notebooks.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
6 items

5. Add MS 65094 A-I

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Add MS 65094 A-I
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. III A-I. Extended draft sketches for Act I. Nine notebooks.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
9 items

6. Add MS 65096 A-H

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Add MS 65096 A-H
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. V A-H. Sketches and draft for Act II. Eight notebooks.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
8 items

7. Add MS 65095 B

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Add MS 65095 B
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Scope & Content:
Vol. IV B. (ff. 27).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 65095 C

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Add MS 65095 C
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Scope & Content:
Vol. IV C. (ff. 23).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 65095 D

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Add MS 65095 D
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Scope & Content:
Vol. IV D. (ff. 18).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 65093 A-E

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Add MS 65093 A-E
Title:
THOMAS THE RHYMER. Vol. II A-E. Brief fragmentary sketches, mostly relating to Act I, but with a little material for Act II. With sketches for 'Flourish for Glorious John', Symphony no. 9, and Three Vocalises for soprano and clarinet. Five notebooks.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
5 items