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1. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221
Title:
Ken Straker's files: Publishing Correspondence
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers, mainly concerning publications and printing, extracted from the files of Ken Straker, manager of the Education Department of Boosey & Hawkes, Ltd.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1935-1959
Extent:
1 box (3 folders, 9 sub-files)

2. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/4

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/4
Title:
'Modern English Songs', publication
Scope & Content:
Internal correspondence relating to 'Forty Modern English Songs and 'Fifty Modern English Songs', with some sales information. This file was originally entitled 'Modern English Songs 40 & 50' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3)' (A).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1949-21 Feb 1955
Extent:
1 sub-file

3. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/3

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/3
Title:
Michael Head, 'Snowbirds', publication
Scope & Content:
Internal correspondence relating to the printing of Michael Head's 'Snowbirds'. Includes correspondence with Michael Head, along with typescript of libretto. This file was originally entitled 'Smombirds [sic: 'Snowbirds'?] – Michael Head' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3)...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
5 Sep 1955-10 Feb 1958
Extent:
1 sub-file

4. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/9

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/9
Title:
Capel Bond
Scope & Content:
Correspondence relating to Capel Bond's (Trumpet) Concerto No. 5 in G. Minor and (Bassoon) Concerto No. 6, edited and arranged by Gerald Finzi (and with reference to William Waterhouse's piano reduction of the latter). This file was originally entitled 'Capel Bond, Concerto No. 6' and held in a...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
24 Aug 1955-16 Sep 1959
Extent:
1 sub-file

5. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/5

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/5
Title:
Ireland, John, part 1 of 2
Scope & Content:
Correspondence to, from and relating to John Ireland. With some press cuttings (for example an article by Julian Herbage in the Radio Times (26 June 1953). This file was originally entitled 'Ireland, John' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3)' (A).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
17 Mar 1949-22 Apr 1959
Extent:
1 sub-file

6. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/6

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/6
Title:
Ireland, John, part 2 of 2
Scope & Content:
Printed scores of works by John Ireland published by Boosey & Hawkes or Winthrop Rogers: 'Marigold', 'Five Sixteenth-Century Poems' (two copies of each: one in individual editions, apart from the first song, and together in a single, complete edition bearing John Ireland's signature), 'Earth...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1940-c 1950
Extent:
1 sub-file

7. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/8

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/8
Title:
Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales' (translation by Freer), part 2 of 2
Scope & Content:
Manuscript copy, in preparation for publication, of Gioachino Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales' in Dawson Freer's English translation. This file was originally entitled 'Soirées Musicales: Rossini / Freer' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3)' (A).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1957
Extent:
1 sub-file

8. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/7

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/7
Title:
Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales' (translation by Freer), part 1 of 2
Scope & Content:
'Soirées Musicales: Rossini / Freer'. Internal correspondence relating to Dawson Freer's English translation of Gioachino Rossini's 'Soirées Musicales.' With typescript copy of the libretto in translation and annotated printed score of the original 'Serate Musicali' (Milan: G. Ricordi & C....
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 May 1957-5 Feb 1958
Extent:
1 sub-file

9. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/1

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/1
Title:
Kodály, 'Missa Brevis', publication, part 1 of 2
Scope & Content:
Internal correspondence relating to the printing of Zoltán Kodály's 'Missa Brevis'. (Ken Straker, John Andrewes, Norman C. Gray). With some sales information. The first of two parts. This file was originally entitled 'Kodaly – Missa Brevis' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of 3...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Aug 1955-20 Feb 1956
Extent:
1 sub-file

10. MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/2

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1813/2/1/221/2
Title:
Kodály, 'Missa Brevis', publication, part 2 of 2
Scope & Content:
Internal correspondence relating to the printing of Zoltán Kodály's 'Missa Brevis'. (Ken Straker, John Andrewes, Norman C. Gray). With some sales information. The second of two parts. This file was originally entitled 'Kodaly – Missa Brevis' and held in a packet marked 'Leslie Boosey (Box 1 of ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1956-21 Mar 1957
Extent:
1 sub-file