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1. MS Mus. 1808/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books
Scope & Content:
Series of notebooks containing sketches and draft scores. Most notebooks also contain various notes, pictures, photographs and cuttings, and in places diary entries. The notebooks are mostly dated with a commencement date inside the front board and, less frequently, an end date inside the back ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-2010
Extent:
89 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1808/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/1
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Notebook
Scope & Content:
Notebook containing sketches and drafts, labelled 'Notes' on front cover. Dated June 1976 onwards inside front board, and February 1978 onwards on f.42v. No end date. ff.1-5: Sketches for 'Pentecost Music' (op. 22). ff.5v-39: Sketches for 'Alleluia!' (op. 23), interspersed with unused sketches f...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-c 1978
Extent:
1 volume

3. MS Mus. 1808/1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/4
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 8-11
Scope & Content:
Work-book 8: Dated 5 September 1978 - 25 January 1979. Detailed sketches for first movement of 'Cry' (op. 27) interspersed with other notes and sketches, including a list of questions for Novello (ff.32v-33) and a draft score titled 'The Jumblies' Song' (ff.36-37). Work-book 9: Dated 25 January...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1978-1979
Extent:
4 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1808/1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/21
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 71-73
Scope & Content:
Work-book 71: Dated 23 January 2001 onwards, no end date. This work-book was used concurrently with work-book 70. Sketches, notes and draft score for Act I of 'Hamlet'. Also contains noted ideas for opera subjects (f.5v); a rejected idea for a setting of Oscar Wilde's 'The Importance of Being Ea...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
3 volumes

5. MS Mus. 1808/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/5
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 12-15
Scope & Content:
Work-book 12: Dated 15 August 1979 - 26 September 1979. Written inside back board and flyleaf is a line of descent from William the Conqueror to Giles Swayne and family. ff.1-16: Sketches and drafts for 'Freewheeling' (op. 29). ff.16v-76: Sketches for the fifth, sixth and seventh movements of 'C...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1979-1980
Extent:
4 volumes

6. MS Mus. 1808/1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/19
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 65-67
Scope & Content:
Work-book 65: Dated 12 September 1998 onwards, no end date. Sketches for 'HAVOC' (op. 83), with sketches and draft score for 'The Two Nowells' (op. 77 no. 2) (ff.76 & 90v-91v). Also includes general notes and pasted mementos, drawings, photographs and recital flyer. Work-book 66: Dated 2 Ma...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1998-1999
Extent:
3 volumes

7. MS Mus. 1808/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/2
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 1-3
Scope & Content:
Work-book 1: Dated March 1976 - 23 April 1976. Detailed sketches and structural notes for 'Pentecost Music' (op. 22). Work-book 2: Dated 23 April 1976 onwards, no end date. Pasted on front flyleaf is a portrait of Swayne by his stepson, dated 1979. ff.81-134: Sketches for 'Pentecost Music' (op....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976-1979
Extent:
3 volumes

8. MS Mus. 1808/1/11

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/11
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 35-38
Scope & Content:
Work-book 35: Dated 19 August 1986 - 15 September 1986. Sketches and draft scores for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 6 (draft score ff.13v-18), 7 (draft score ff.46v-49), 8 (draft score ff.66v-83), and 9 (sketches only, ff.83v-88). Final pages (ff.88v-94) contain tables and general notes, includi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1986
Extent:
4 volumes

9. MS Mus. 1808/1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1808/1/8
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 24-26
Scope & Content:
Work-book 24: Dated 15 December 1983 - 3 May 1984. ff.ii-30: Sketches for 'Naaotwa Lalá' (op. 39); and a sketch for mezzo-soprano and guitar titled 'Canzoni a ballo' (ff.27v-30). ff.30v-57: Sketches for Symphony for small orchestra (op. 37). ff.58v-63: Sketches for incidental music for Thames TV...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1984
Extent:
4 volumes

10. Ms Mus. 1808/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
Ms Mus. 1808/1/7
Title:
Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 20-23
Scope & Content:
Work-book 20: Dated 5 February 1983 - April 1983. Structural plan and sketches for 'Riff-raff' (op. 34) (ff.1-23 & 28); sketches and notes for 'A Song for Haddi' (op. 35) (ff. 23v-74); and ideas related to Symphony for small orchestra (op. 37). Also contains general notes, and diary entries ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983
Extent:
4 volumes