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MS Mus. 1738

Record Id:

032-002016913

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002016913

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x00037b

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1738

Title:

Robert Simpson Manuscripts

Scope & Content:

Music manuscripts of the composer Robert Simpson (b.1921; d.1997). Manuscripts are autograph except where specified otherwise.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Tree:

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Photocopy of a copyist’s manuscript" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354942", "parent" : "036-002354929", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/1/9: Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 9" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354943", "parent" : "036-002354929", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/1/10: Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 10" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354944", "parent" : "036-002354929", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/1/11: Robert Simpson: Symphony no. 11" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002354995", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Concertos" },{ "id" : "040-002354996", "parent" : "036-002354995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/1: Robert Simpson: Concerto for violin and orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354997", "parent" : "036-002354995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/2: Robert Simpson: Concerto for piano and orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354998", "parent" : "036-002354995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/3: Robert Simpson: Part of an untitled work, presumably a concerto, for cello, piano and orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002354999", "parent" : "036-002354995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/4: Robert Simpson: Concerto for flute and orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355000", "parent" : "036-002354995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/5: Robert Simpson: Concerto for cello and orchestra" },{ "id" : "041-002355001", "parent" : "040-002355000", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/2/5/1: Robert Simpson: Concerto for cello and orchestra. 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Solo cello part" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002355763", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/3: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Other Orchestral Music" },{ "id" : "040-002355765", "parent" : "036-002355763", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/3/1: Robert Simpson: Variations on a theme of Carl Nielsen, for orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355767", "parent" : "036-002355763", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/3/2: Robert Simpson: Variations and Fugue on a theme by Bach for string orchestra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355768", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/4: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Incidental Music" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002355770", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/5: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Music for Brass" },{ "id" : "040-002355771", "parent" : "036-002355770", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/5/1: Robert Simpson: Canzona for brass" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355772", "parent" : "036-002355770", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/5/2: Robert Simpson: Brass music, 1978-1982" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355773", "parent" : "036-002355770", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/5/3: Robert Simpson: Brass music, 1986-1989" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355774", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/6: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Vocal Music" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002355775", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: String Quartets" },{ "id" : "040-002355776", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/1: Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 1 and 3" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355778", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/2: Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 4-6" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355779", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/3: Robert Simpson: String quartet no. 8" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355960", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/4: Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 9 and 10" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355962", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/5: Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 11-13" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355964", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/6: Robert Simpson: String quartet no. 14" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355965", "parent" : "036-002355775", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/7/7: Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 15 and 16" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002355967", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Other Chamber Music" },{ "id" : "040-002355968", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/1: Robert Simpson: Chamber music, circa 1948-1967" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355969", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/2: Robert Simpson: ‘Quintet for clarinet and string quartet’" },{ "id" : "041-002355970", "parent" : "040-002355969", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/2/1: Robert Simpson: ‘Quintet for clarinet and string quartet’. Score" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-002355971", "parent" : "040-002355969", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/2/2: Robert Simpson: ‘Quintet for clarinet and string quartet’. Instrumental parts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355972", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/3: Robert Simpson: Quartet for horn, violin, cello and piano" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355973", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/4: Robert Simpson: Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and three contrabassi" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355974", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/5: Robert Simpson: Quintet for clarinet, bass clarinet and string trio and Trio for horn, violin and piano" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355975", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/6: Robert Simpson: Sonata for violin and piano" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355977", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/7: Robert Simpson: String quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas and cello" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355978", "parent" : "036-002355967", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/8/8: Robert Simpson: Late chamber works, 1987-1994" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-002355995", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/9: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Keyboard Music" },{ "id" : "040-002355996", "parent" : "036-002355995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/9/1: Robert Simpson: Miscellaneous keyboard works, circa 1948-1990" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355997", "parent" : "036-002355995", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/9/2: Robert Simpson: ‘Variations and Finale on a theme by Beethoven’, for piano" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355998", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/10: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Carl Nielsen, ‘Commotio’, arranged by Robert Simpson" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002355999", "parent" : "032-002016913", "text" : "MS Mus. 1738/11: Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Manuscript Sketches" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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Contains:

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032-002016913

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 metre

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1942

End Date:

1997

Date Range:

1942-1997

Era:

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Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Angela Simpson on 9 June 2000, with additional material subsequently received from the archives of the Robert Simpson Society (formerly housed at Royal Holloway, University of London), and from individual donors.

Arrangement:

MS Mus. 1738/1 Symphonies

MS Mus. 1738/2 Concertos

MS Mus. 1738/3 Other orchestral music

MS Mus. 1738/4 Incidental music

MS Mus. 1738/5 Music for brass

MS Mus. 1738/6 Vocal music

MS Mus. 1738/7 String quartets

MS Mus. 1738/8 Other chamber music

MS Mus. 1738/9 Keyboard music

MS Mus. 1738/10 Arrangement

MS Mus. 1738/11 Miscellaneous sketches

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Robert Simpson Society, 1980-
Simpson, Angela, née Musgrave, wife of Robert Simpson, b c 1933
Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick, composer and musicologist, 1921-1997

Related Material:

For the autograph manuscript of Robert Simpson’s String Quartet no. 7, see MS Mus. 94.

Related Archive Descriptions:

MS Mus. 94