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1. MS Mus. 1893

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893
Title:
Hugh Wood: Scores and Professional Papers
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises Hugh Wood's autograph scores (arranged chronologically and by Opus number), his professional correspondence with publishers and with the BBC, and a selection of his writing about music generally in the form of scripts for radio talks, articles, and programme notes (inclu...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-2016
Extent:
107 files

2. MS Mus. 1893/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2
Title:
Hugh Wood: Scores
Scope & Content:
Hugh Wood's scores arranged chronologically and by Opus number, beginning with music composed at Oundle School, Northamptonshire (Wood entered as a boarder in 1945) and composed at Oxford University (1951-54), and concluding with 'Ithaka' (Opus 61). The final two files in the Series are a gatheri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1948-2016
Extent:
102 files

3. MS Mus. 1893/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/1
Title:
Hugh Wood: Professional Correspondence and Professional Writing
Scope & Content:
Hugh Wood's correspondence with his two publishers (successively, Universal Edition Ltd and J. & W. Chester), and his correspondence with the BBC. In addition, Wood's professional writing including commissioned talks for the BBC, programme notes for concerts of works by other composers, and ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1957-2014
Extent:
5 files

4. MS Mus. 1893/2/16

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/16
Title:
Hugh Wood: Quintet (Opus 9)
Scope & Content:
Quintet for clarinet, horn, violin, cello, and piano. Commissioned by the Music Group of London, and premiered by them on 11 July 1967 at the Cheltenham Festival. The file comprises autograph full score (as transparencies) and draft music. (1). Autograph full score in black ink (transparencies...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1967
Extent:
1 file

5. MS Mus. 1893/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/26
Title:
Hugh Wood: Chamber Concerto (Opus 15)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta; premiered on 27 November 1971. The work was revised in 1978. The file comprises the following material: (1). 'Composer's MS Mvts I + II' on outer bifolium in red ink. Followed by inner title-page: 'Chamber Concerto op. 15'. There follows full score of M...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970-1978
Extent:
1 file

6. MS Mus. 1893/2/25

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/25
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Little Overture'
Scope & Content:
'Little Overture' for a small orchestra. Composed for the Wigan and District Spastics Society. (1). Full score in pencil. Fair copy. Front page and pp. 1-16 (5 bifolia). Dated at the end of the score: 19 September 1970. (2). Dyeline autograph full score with conductor's annotations in red penc...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1970
Extent:
1 file

7. MS Mus. 1893/2/94

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/94
Title:
Hugh Wood: Clarinet Quintet (Opus 53)
Scope & Content:
First performed by the Chilingirian Quartet with Nicholas Cox (clarinet) in the Rodewald Concert Series at St. George's Hall, Liverpool, 20 November 2007. (1). Movement I. Full score in pencil, pp. 1-9 (including 2 pp. numbered 8, the first of which has been struck through). 5 ff. (295 x 420 mm...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2007
Extent:
1 file

8. MS Mus. 1893/2/49

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/49
Title:
Hugh Wood: 'Comus Quadrilles'
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the BBC in honour of Sir William Glock's 80th birthday (3 May 1988). Scored for small chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet B flat, horn F, percussion, piano, strings). Autograph full score in black ink: title page and pp. 2-9 (3 bifolia). Dated '15-23 March 1988' on the title-pag...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988
Extent:
1 file

9. MS Mus. 1893/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/3
Title:
Hugh Wood: String Quartet in B flat
Scope & Content:
Dyeline autograph scores, including a version marked 'final cuts 20 Jan 2012'. The material comprises: (1). Front cover on orange card to Wood's file: 'String Quartet in B flat 1957'. (2). 'String 4tet in B flat. 1st mvt. only' [1956]. Dyeline score (front cover page and 13 pp.), unmarked exce...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1956-2012
Extent:
1 file

10. MS Mus. 1893/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1893/2/13
Title:
Hugh Wood: Three Choruses (Opus 7)
Scope & Content:
Three settings, for mixed chorus a cappella: Ted Hughes ('Hawk in the Rain'), James Joyce (from 'Sirens', Episode 11, Ulysses), and Edwin Muir ('All We'). (1). Two unmarked copies of dyeline autograph score, both stamped on the front cover: 'Hire Library Universal Edition'. Each 11 ff. as follo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-1966
Extent:
1 file