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MS Mus. 1829

Record Id:
032-003390705
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003390705
MDARK:
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LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1829
Title:
Alan Rawsthorne: Music for stage and screen
Scope & Content:

(1). Music for the film Broken Dykes (1945), autograph full score in pencil:

  • ff. 1-2. 'No. 1'. Andante.
  • ff. 3-6. 'No. 4'. Andantino.
  • ff. 7-10. 'No. 5'. Poco Andante.
  • ff. 11-12. 'No. 6'. Allegro.

(2). Music for the film Burma Victory (1945), autograph full score in pencil:

  • ff. 13-16. '1M4'. Allegro Moderato.

(3). Music for the film The Captive Heart (1946). Autograph (with a single exception), not all full score:

  • ff. 17-18. 'M2 (March - opening to Lennox flash-back)'. Andante con moto. In black ink, stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.
  • ff. 19-25. 'No. 2'. Andante. Full score in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Signed, f. 20.
  • ff. 26-7. 'M7 (Hasek Flash-back)'. Allegro Agitato. In black ink, stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.
  • ff. 28-9. 'No. 8'. Allegro. Full score in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Signed, f. 28v. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.
  • ff. 30-1. 'No. 10'. Poco Lento. Full score in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Signed, f. 30v. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.
  • f. 32. 'No. 13', No. 24A', and 'No. 26'. Three short passages in piano score (copyist's hand), in black ink. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'. 310 x 235 mm.
  • ff. 33-4. 'No. 16'. Allegro Moderato. Full score in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Signed, f. 33v. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'. Annotated: 'Harley reading letter'.
  • ff. 35-6. 'No 19'. Allegretto con Malinconia. Full score in pencil. Signed, f. 35. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.
  • ff. 37-8. 'No. 19'. Andante. Full score in pencil. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'. Note: this score is different to ff. 35-6.
  • ff. 39-44. 'No 24'. Andante. Full score in pencil, annotations in red and blue pencil. Signed, f. 40. 'Ealing Studios' stampings are occluded by white labels.
  • ff. 45-6. 'No. 31'. Andante con Moto. Full score in pencil, annotated in blue pencil. Signed, f. 45v. Stamped 'Music Dept. Ealing Studios'.

(4). Music for the film Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948).

  • f. 47. Title-page.
  • ff. 48-50. 'No. 12'. Andante. Autograph full score in pencil.

(5). Music for the film Where No Vultures Fly (1951).

  • ff. 51-2. 'Sketch for Titles of "Where No Vultures Fly"'. Autograph, pencil. 265 x 360 mm.

(6). Sketches for incidental music for a production of Hamlet (Royal Shakespeare Company, 1961).

  • f. 53. Original envelope front identifying the material as 'Hamlet (Sketches)'.
  • ff. 54-61. Pencil sketch material.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003390705
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003390705
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
61 folios
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1945
End Date:
1961
Date Range:
1945-1961
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

360 x 265 mm.

Former Internal References:
Music Deposit 2004/15
Source of Acquisition:
Presented by Gerard Schurmann.
Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Rawsthorne, Alan, composer, 1905-1971