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MS Mus. 1864
- Record Id:
- 032-003948898
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003948898
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100125427630.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1864
- Title:
- Elisabeth Lutyens: 'String Quartet No. 6', autograph score
- Scope & Content:
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'String Quartet No. 6', opus 25. Autograph score in black ink. In two parts:
- 'Primo:- Molto Moderato'
- 'Secondo:- Adagio'
A dedication to Francis Bacon appears at the top of the score and 'Blackheath Dec. 1962' appears at the end. The title page has another dedication, this time to Lutyens' niece in blue ink: 'to Candia from', followed by an arrow pointing to the composer's name. The score has suffered water damage at the lower right corner at some point.
For a pencil score of this piece on transparency, see Add MS 64527, ff. 1-7. The piece was published in 1956 in The Score (issue no. 16, pages 29-35 - see British Library, P.P.1945.abe.) and then in 1960, as a miniature score, by Mills Music (see British Library, d.85.l.(5.).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003948898
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003948898
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume (4 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1956
- End Date:
- 1962
- Date Range:
- 1956-1962
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Music Deposit 2020/09
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Otto Haas, March 2020
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bacon, Francis, artist, 1909-1992
Lutyens, Agnes Elisabeth, composer, 1906-1983 - Related Archive Descriptions:
- Add MS 64527