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1. MS Mus. 1804/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: Choral works
Scope & Content:
Except where otherwise stated: Documents comprising music notation are autograph manuscripts by the composer. Sketches (including diagrams and structural outlines) are on paper, in inks and pencil, the leaves foliated and dated. Composition drafts (often described by the composer as 'final sk...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-2014
Extent:
8 volumes

2. MS Mus. 1804/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/6
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'The Voices of our Ancestors'
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2013-2014
Extent:
1 volume

3. MS Mus. 1804/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'
Scope & Content:
'Echoes Through Time', for women's voices and chamber orchestra, libretto by Christa Cooper. The work includes a Prologue for tape and chamber orchestra and two Epilogues for tape only (the sixth movement of the main work, at fig. 107, is also entitled 'Epilogue'). The Epilogues also form a stand...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1989
Extent:
4 volumes

4. MS Mus. 1804/3/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/4
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Voices of Power and Protest', a dramatic concert work for unaccompanied chorus
Scope & Content:
Previously known as 'Voices of Warning and Pity'. (1.) Series of drawings illustrating plot and choreography, with notes and plans. (2.) 'Making the libretto; 1977-2007. Libretto sketches and drafts, including typewritten, and computer-typeset material. (3.) Annotated libretto drafts, 8 versions...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1977-2006
Extent:
1 volume

5. MS Mus. 1804/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/5
Title:
Thea Musgrave choral works: 'Ithaca' and four others
Scope & Content:
(1.) ff. 1-60. 'Ithaca', for unaccompanied chorus, words by C.P. Cavafy, translated by Avi Sharon; 2009–2010? Sketches; composition draft; score. Message from Musgrave to Robert Worby relating to preparation for a radio programme. (2.) ff. 61-74. 'Starlight', for unaccompanied chorus, words by He...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2009-2013
Extent:
1 volume

6. MS Mus. 1804/3/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: choral works: 'Midnight', 'On the Underground' sets 1, 2 and 3, 'Going North'
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Midnight', for SATB choir, words by John Keats; 1992. Sketches and composition draft. (2.) 'On the Underground Set no. 1 (On gratitude, love & Madness)', for SATB choir, words by James Berry, Sheenagh Pugh, W.B. Yeats, Stevie Smith, Adrienne Rich and Emily Dickinson; 1994. Sketches; sco...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1992-2004
Extent:
1 volume

7. MS Mus. 1804/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/1
Title:
Thea Musgrave: choral works: 'Song of the burn' and six others
Scope & Content:
(1.) 'Song of the Burn, from Cantata for a Summer's Day'; 1965. Words by Maurice Lindsay. Score on transparencies. An arrangement for SSA of the song originally for SATB composed in 1954. (2.) 'Memento Creatoris', for SATB choir; 1967. Words by John Donne. Score on transparencies. (3.) 'Rorate Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1986
Extent:
1 volume

8. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/2
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Sketches and composition drafts
Scope & Content:
Notes, sketches, and drafts ('final sketches'). These include substantial material relating to the music for tape, in the Prologue and tape-only Epilogues.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1989
Extent:
1 volume

9. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/3
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Full score
Scope & Content:
(1.) Libretto; 1988. Typescript. (2.) Full score; May 1989. In ink. Foliated by the composer. Includes the Prologue (4 leaves, foliated A–D), but not the tape-only Epilogues.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1988-1989
Extent:
1 volume

10. MS Mus. 1804/3/2/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1804/3/2/1
Title:
Thea Musgrave: 'Echoes Through Time'. Libretto drafts, research, and related correspondence
Scope & Content:
Drafts of the libretto, interfiled with research notes and correspondence between Musgrave and the librettist Christa Cooper. The correspondence also includes letters from Musgrave to Agnes Scott College, the commissioning organisation. Chiefly annotated typescripts.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1987-1989
Extent:
1 volume