Add MS 64435-64795

LUTYENS COLLECTION. Musical compositions of Elisabeth Lutyens (b.1906, d.1983); 1921-1983, n.d. All manuscripts, including fair copies, are autograph unless otherwise stated. The collection comprises manuscripts, etc., representing different stages of composition, from series charts (for works based on serial technique), preparatory sketches, corrected drafts and fair copies, to photocopies and dyelines. Except as noted, all dyelines and photocopies are reproduced from the fair copy in the collection and are annotated, mostly by the composer; multiple copies of the same work are differently annotated. Further music manuscripts of Elisabeth Lutyens, mostly autograph, are Add. 54415, 56410, 57301, 59804, 59805, 59809, ff. 15-16 and Deposit 7699 Vol. CI. A collection of her letters to Brian Elias is Add. 71114.

Lutyens's compositions were made available for sale or hire in various formats, including print, dyeline and photocopy. The publishers responsible for distribution at the time when comprehensive work-lists were compiled are indicated in the list (1978 with addenda) which forms part of Add. 64795 and in that published by Glyn Perrin in New Music 88 (Oxford, 1988), pp. 16-21. These lists include works published by the Olivan Press, which was founded by Elisabeth Lutyens in 1969. For details of publication history, see The Catalogue of Printed Music in the British Library to 1980 (1985). For an account of the composer's life and work, see her autobiography A Goldfish Bowl (1972), and Meirion and Susie Harries A Pilgrim Soul (1989), which gives details of first performances. See also the portrait by Robert Saxton in New Music 88, pp. 9-16.

Purchased from the heirs and executors of the composer, Jan. 1986, with the exception of parts of Add. 64619 and 64639 which were presented by M. Bernard Peyrotte of Paris, part of Add. 64687 presented by Mr Albi Rosenthal of London and part of Add. 64527 purchased from Lisa Cox. Incorporated in June 1987.

Paper. Three hundred and sixty-one volumes. Arranged as follows:

A. Stage Works: 64435-64489.

B. Orchestral Works: 64490-64523.

C. Chamber Music I : Instrumental Ensemble: 64524-64572.

D. Chamber Music II : For One or Two Instruments: 64573-64598.

E. Choral Music I : Accompanied: 64599-64627.

F. Choral Music II : Unaccompanied: 64628-64638.

G. Works for Solo Voices I : Accompanied by Orchestral or Instrumental Ensemble: 64639-64690.

H. Works for Solo Voices II : Accompanied by Single Instruments: 64691-64714.

I. Works for Solo Voices III : Unaccompanied: 64715, 64716.

J. Incidental Music I : For Radio: 64717-64739.

K. Incidental Music II : For Films or Television: 64740-64774.

L. Incidental Music III : For Theatre: 64775-64788.

M. Series Charts: 64789-64791.

N. Miscellaneous and Unidentified Works and Fragments: 64792-64795.

Sections A-I are subdivided into Works with Opus Number and Works Without Opus Number. Sections J-L are arranged in alphabetical order of title. All manuscripts are full scores written in pencil for orchestra or orchestral groups unless otherwise stated. Authors of texts or scripts, if known, are indicated in parentheses but only those of the more substantial works have been indexed. Comprehensive lists of Elisabeth Lutyens's works for radio, film and theatre, including those not represented in the collection, are placed in Add. 64795.

A single asterisk preceding the main entry for a work indicates that a separate series chart has been identified in Section M.