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MS Mus. 1831
- Record Id:
- 032-003458250
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003458250
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100083460969.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1831
- Title:
- Collection of music manuscripts, including Gustav Holst: ‘Duet for two violins’
- Scope & Content:
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The following items were purchased as a set from the same source. Preceded by a letter (f. i) concerning provenance, dated 12 March 2009.
(1). f. 1. Letter from Herbert Walenn to Winifred Roberts; 27 July 1949. Ink
(2). ff. 2-3. Concert programme from St Paul’s Girls' School. Printed
(3). ff. 4-5. York Bowen: ‘Romance in Gb’ for organ, undated. Autograph score in ink with pencil annotations. Bifolio, 18 stave paper. Signed by the composer. Published by Joseph Williams for solo piano in 1913
(4). ff. 6-8. Norman Hearn: untitled piece for violin and piano, 1941. Autograph score in ink with pencil annotations. Signed and dated by the composer. Two bifolia and one folio, 16-stave paper.
(5). ff. 9-10. Gustav Holst: ‘Duet for two violins’, 1928. Autograph sketch in ink with pencil annotations. Signed and dated by the composer, with a dedication to Dorothea Walenn stating that the piece became the ‘Double Concerto’, for two violins and orchestra, op. 49, H 175 (see Add MS 57901-57902). Bifolio, 24-stave paper. See f.i for provenance details.
(6). ff. 11-13. Gustav Holst: ‘Intermezzo from “St. Pauls” Suite’ for piano and violin, undated. Copyist score (possibly Imogen Holst) in ink with pencil annotations. 12 stave paper.
(7). ff. 14-17. Denis Matthews: ‘Two improvisations’ for organ, August 1939, revised April 1942. Autograph score in ink with pencil annotations. Signed and dated by the composer. Dedicated to Geraint Jones. Three bifolia, 24-stave paper.
(8). ff. 18-19. Percy Rideout: ‘Prelude no 6’ for organ, undated. Autograph score in ink with pencil annotations. Signed by the composer, with pastedowns. Bifolio, 14 stave paper.
(9). ff. 20-22. Percy Rideout: ‘A Summer Idyll’ for piano, 1945. Autograph score in ink. Signed by the composer, dated on cover “Nov 1948” and on the score “Nov 1945”. Bifiolio, 12-stave paper.
(10). ff. 23-28. Peter Tranchell: ‘Carol Voluntary’ for organ, 1948. Autograph score in ink. Signed by the composer, dated on the cover “Christmas 1948”. Three bifolia, 14-stave paper.
(11). ff. 29-41. Gerald Walenn: ‘Butterfly’ for violin and piano, December 1931. Autograph score and a separate violin part, in ink. Signed and dated by the composer. Dedicated to Dorcas McClean. Six bifolia, 12-stave paper. With a letter from Dorcas Maclean to Miss Wallen; 19 August 1935.
(12). ff. 42-49. Leslie Walters: ‘Impromptu on the Welsh air “Gwen Lliw’r Lili” (fair Gwen)’ for violin and piano, September 1938. Autograph full score with violin part in ink. Three bifolia, 10-stave paper. Signed and dated by the composer. Winning composition in Radio Eisteddfod (instrumental section) 1938. Broadcast by Frank Thomas and Herbert Pengelly, 16 December 1938.
(13). ff.50-51 Arnold van Wyk: ‘Bedew voor het Vaderland (Prayer for the Homeland)’ no. 2 of “Three Improvisations on Dutch Folk songs” for two pianos, undated. Autograph score in pencil. Bifolio, 24-stave paper. Published by Winthrop Rogers in 1944.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003458250
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003458250
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 Volume (i + 54 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1928
- End Date:
- 1949
- Date Range:
- 1928-1949
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Music Deposit 2009/07
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the same source. 12 March 2009
- Arrangement:
- British Library Arrangement
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bowen, Edwin York, composer, 1884-1961
Holst, Gustav Theodore, composer, 1874-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109178161
Matthews, Denis, pianist, 1919-1988,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000080936642,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/14811045
Rideout, Percy, Composer, 1868-1956
Roberts, Winifred, violinist, 1923-2012
Tranchell, Peter, Composer, 1922-1933
Walenn, Gerald, Composer, 1871-1942
Walenn, Herbert, cellist
Walters, Leslie, Composer, 1902-1998 - Related Material:
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Add MS 57901-57902 GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Vols. XXXIX, XL. Double Concerto, for two violins and orchestra, op. 49, H 175; [1929]. Dedicated to Adila Fachiri and Jelly d'Aranyi. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd. Two volumes.