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Add MS 50843

Record Id:
032-002084559
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002084559
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000052.0x00002f
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 50843
Title:

Ralph Vaughan Williams: 'Hugh the Drover', ballad opera in two acts with libretto by Harold Child

Scope & Content:

Autograph vocal score, used for the first run-through of the opera by the tenor, Sir Steuart Wilson, and the pianist, William Denis Browne, at the composer's house in Chelsea, June 1914 (letter at f. 2). The first stage performances of the opera were at the Royal College of Music, 9, 11 July 1924. First publicly performed by the British National Opera Company at His Majesty's Theatre, 14 July 1924. Vocal score. Published 1924. For a copy of this, annotated by Cairns James, the producer of the 1924 performances, see Add. MS. 61990. See also Add. MSS. 50406 A, B; and

M. Kennedy, The works of Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1964, pp. 495-500. Presented by Sir Steuart Wilson through Mrs Ursula Vaughan Williams (letter at f. 2).

Paper; ff. i+262. Quarto. Circa 1914. Note of presentation by the composer to Wilson on the occasion of his marriage, 1917 (f. 1). Binding of green French levant morocco, with gilt-tooled design on the front cover, by Roger Powell.

Bindings ENGLISH: Green French levant morocco, gilt-tooled, by Roger Powell,: mid 20th cent.

Roger Powell, bookbinder: Bound,: mid 20th cent.

Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: `Hugh the Drover'; vocal score,: circa 1914.

includes:

  • f. 2 Sir James Steuart Wilson, singer and musical administrator: Letter to Keeper of Manuscripts: 1961.
  • f. 141 Anna Yakovlevna Alexandrovna Levenson, pianist: Letter to,: 1881: Russ.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002084559
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002084559
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 volume
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Russian
Scripts:
Cyrillic
Latin
Start Date:
1910
End Date:
1914
Date Range:
1910-1914
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

Sir James Steuart Wilson, singer and musical administrator: Owned, 1917 - 1961.

Sir James Steuart Wilson, singer and musical administrator: Presented, in 1961.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Levenson, Anna Yakovlevna Alexandrovna, pianist
Powell, Roger, bookbinder, 1896-1990
Williams, Ralph, composer, 1872-1958,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108591472,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735
Wilson, James Steuart, Knight, singer and musical administrator, 1889-1966