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MS Mus. 1791
- Record Id:
- 032-003390133
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003390133
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100051945102.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1791
- Title:
- Havergal Brian: Symphonie Partitur
- Scope & Content:
-
Autograph full score for Symphonie Partitur by Havergal Brian. Although the work is not numbered in the manuscript, it is Brian's Symphony No. 18.
Instrumentation: 2 flutes (1 also piccolo), 2 oboes (1 also cor anglais), 2 clarinets (1 also bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (1 also contra), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, tambourine, triangle, bass drum, 1-3 side drums, cymbals, xylophone, glockenspiel, harp, strings.
First performance: 26 February 1962, St Pancras Town Hall, London. Polyphonia Orchestra, cond. Bryan Fairfax.
Scored in black ink (30 staves) with some additions in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Original pagination, pp. 1-41.
- f. 1. Outer pink card cover, with title in block capitals (pencil), dated 1961.
- f. 2. Dedication, in green ink. 'To / Bryan Fairfax / and the / London Wind Society'. Signed by Brian and dated 'Feby-March-May 1961'.
- f. 2v. Durations of the three movements (in pencil): I (5 mins.); II (6 mins.); III (4¼ mins.). Total duration: 15¼ mins.
- ff. 3-10v. Allegro moderato.
- ff. 11-14v. Adagio poco.
- ff. 15-23. Allegro e marcato sempre.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003390133
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003390133
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 vol. (ff. 1-23)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1961
- End Date:
- 1961
- Date Range:
- 1961
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 360 x 270 mm.
- Former Internal References:
- Music Deposit 2013/16
- Source of Acquisition:
- Donated by Bryan Fairfax, 2013.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Brian, Havergal, composer, 1876-1972
Fairfax, Bryan, conductor, 1925-2014 - Subjects:
- Brian, Havergal, 1876-1972. Symphonies, no. 18