Vols. xxi-xxiii. Full score. Dyeline of a copyist’s score, with numerous autogr. corrections and additions. English and German text. The annotations differ in some respects to the revised full score ([Faber, 1968], Music Collections I.340.dd.). Three volumes.
HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vols xix-xxiii. ‘Hamlet’, opera in three acts after Shakespeare, op.48; 1965-8. Revised full score issued [Faber Music, 1968]. Vocal score published Faber Music, 1971. Five volumes.
Scope & Content:
William Shakespeare, dramatist and poet: Humphrey Searle's opera 'Hamlet' after William Shakespeare: 1965-1968: Engl. and Germ.
Vol. xx. Act III. With notes made partly appartently during rehearsal, and partly in preparation for an orchestral suite. ff. 118. Score paginated 340-517. Largest size 305 x 240mm.