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2. Add MS 47900 B
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 2
- Scope & Content:
- Printed copies (Novello octavo editions) of:- (1) The Black Knight, op, 25, 1893. ff. 1-38;-(2) The Snow and Fly, Singing Bird, op. 26, nos. 1 and 2, 1895. ff. 39-52;-(3) The Light of Life, op. 29, 1896. ff. 53-98.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1895
- Extent:
- 1 volume (98 folios)
3. Add MS 47904 B
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 9
- Scope & Content:
- Drafts of Elgar's libretto for 'The Apostles', op. 49. As follows:- ff. 1-22. Galley-sheets. Mounted, with notes by Elgar. ff. 23-160. Typewritten and manuscript drafts. ff. 161-204. Early manuscript notes and drafts. ff. 205-215. Drafts, some much fuller than the final version, of the Note by Elgar...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- c 1902-1903
- Extent:
- 1 volume (243 folios)
4. Add MS 47905 A
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 10
- Scope & Content:
- 'The Kingdom', op. 51, oratorio for soli, chorus and orchestra. Composed between 1901 and August 1906. Published by Novello, 1906. As follows:- ff. 1-111. Clean sketches, mainly in condensed score, of most of the work, with Elgar's directions to the engraver. ff. 112v-169. Rough sketches. Plan of th...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1901-1906
- Extent:
- 1 volume (ii + 172 folios)
5. Add MS 47907 B
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 14
- Scope & Content:
- 'Falstaff', op. 68. Composed in 1902-1913. Published by Novello, 1913. As follows:- ff. 1-2. Draft titles (f. 1) and plan of the work. (f. 2). See Elgar's analytical essay, 'Falstaff', The Musical Times, Sept. 1913. ff. 4-45. Rough sketches grouped together by Elgar. Draft plan on f. 5v and list of ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1902-1913
- Extent:
- 1 volume (130 folios)
6. Add MS 47904 A
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 8
- Scope & Content:
- 'The Apostles', op. 49, oratorio for soli, chorus and orchestra. Completed in August 1903. Published by Novello, 1903. As follows:- ff. 1-97. Clean sketches of most of the work, mainly in condensed score, with Elgar's directions to the engraver passim. Draft note in German, f. 23v, to a friend refer...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- Aug 1903
- Extent:
- 1 volume (234 folios)
7. Add MS 47905 B
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 11
- Scope & Content:
- Drafts of Elgar's libretto for 'The Kingdom', op. 51. As follows:- ff. 1-15. Galley-sheets, dated by Elgar 'Aug 1:1906' (f. 1). ff. 16-34. Typewritten copy with Elgar's corrections. ff. 35-177. Typewritten and manuscript drafts. ff. 178-199. Three early drafts including (ff. 193-196) the Simon of Gi...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1905-1906
- Extent:
- 1 volume (250 folios)
8. Add MS 47901 A
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- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vols. 3-4
- Scope & Content:
- 'The Banner of Saint George', op. 33, and 'Caractacus', op. 35. As follows:- ff. 1-85. 'The Banner of Saint George' op. 33, ballad for chorus and orchestra to words by S. Wensley. Composed circ. 1895 (Kennedy, op. cit., p. 283). Published by Novello, 1897. Two sets of sketches, the first (ff. 3-50v)...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1890-1900
- Extent:
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2 volumes (ff. 1-159, 160-347)
9. Add MS 47902
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- Add MS 47902
- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 6
- Scope & Content:
- 'Sea-Pictures', op. 37, and 'The Dream of Gerontius', op. 38. As follows:- ff. 1-31v. 'Sea-Pictures', op. 37, cycle of five songs for contralto and orchestra. Completed in 1899. Published by Boosey, 1900. As follows:-(a) 'Sea Slumber Song'. ff. 2-10;-(b) 'In Haven (Capri)', copy in the hand of Lady ...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1899-1900
- Extent:
- 1 volume (302 folios)
10. Add MS 47906
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- Add MS 47906
- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 12
- Scope & Content:
- Sketches and drafts of the music and libretto of Elgar's uncompleted third oratorio, intended to form the third part of a trilogy with 'The Apostles', op. 49, and 'The Kingdom', op. 51; circ. 1906, etc. (see Kennedy, op. cit., pp. 168-169). As follows:- ff. 1-8. Fragmentary musical sketches. ff. 9-1...
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1901-1911
- Extent:
- 1 volume (128 folios)