1. Add MS 47895
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 47895
- Title:
- LIBRETTO BY RICHARD ALEXANDER STREATFEILD for 'The Pilgrim's Progress', a symphonic drama founded on Bunyan's allegory; bef. 1914 (cf. f. 44). Typewritten (ff. 1-39), with manuscript notes by the author relating to a proposed musical setting (ff. 40-43). Letters, 1914-1934, from Norman Wilkinson, William Barclay Squire, Mrs Streatfeild and Mrs Carice Irene Blake relating to the libretto and a possible setting by Sir Edward Elgar (cf. the note by him, f. 50) are at ff. 44-52. A second typewri...
- Scope & Content:
- includes: ff. 1, 50 Sir Edward William Elgar, Baronet; OM; composer: Annotations by: 1920.ff. 1-39 Richard Alexander Streatfeild, musicologist; of the British Museum: Libretto, etc., for 'The Pilgrim's Progress': bef. 1914.: Mostly typewritten.ff. 1-39 Music: R. A. Streatfeild, libretto, ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- before 1914
- Extent:
- 1 item