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MS Mus. 1476
- Record Id:
- 040-000090477
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000090439
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000502.0x0000f0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1476
- Title:
- Peter Maxwell Davies: Smaller choral works
- Scope & Content:
-
- 1. ff. 1-48. 'Seven Summer Songs' (J322), for young children to play and sing; [1993]. Score. First performed on 18 June 1992, as part of St Magnus Festival, Orkney, by pupils of Burray, Holm, and Papdale primary schools. Published by Chester Music 1995.
- 2. ff. 49-58. 'Shepherds of Hoy' (J327), carol for children, words by George Mackay Brown; [1993]. Charts, sketches, draft score and score, with a letter to the composer from George Mackay Brown. Commissioned by The Times. First performed on 24 May 1994 at Sotheby's, New Bond Street London, by the New London Children's Choir. Published by Times Newspapers and Chester Music, 1994.
- 3. ff. 60-76. 'A Hoy Calendar' (J330), for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1994. Words by George Mackay Brown (his poem 'Fishermen with ploughs'). Draft score and score. First performed on 15 March 1994 at St Edward's College, Liverpool. Published by Chester Music 1996.
- 4. ff. 77-94. 'Invocation to Mercurius' (J336) for mixed chorus with crotales; 1994. The texts are ancient Greek and Latin, beginning 'Hermes Kosmokrator' and 'Mercurios, lumen naturae'. Preliminary materials, draft score and score. First performed on 6 November 1994 at the Queen's Hall, Edinburgh, by St Mary's Cathedral choir. Published by Chester Music.
- 5. ff. 95-100. 'A Birthday Card for Hans' (J347), for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble; [1996]. Words by Lorenzo Da Ponte, from Mozart's opera Così fan tutte. Draft score. First performed on 23 June 1997 at the St. Magnus Festival, Orkney. Published by Schott, 1996. With the draft of a letter of reference for Param Vir (f. 100v). Another score of this piece is owned by Hans Werner Henze.
- 6. ff. 101-102. 'Amor Ritorna' (without 'J' number), for baritone and piano; [1996]. Draft score. A setting of Michelangelo 'Rime', no. 44.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000090439
036-000090444
040-000090477 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1400-1521 : Peter Maxwell Davies Manuscripts, Part II
MS Mus. 1476-1498 : Peter Maxwell Davies Manuscripts, Part II: Choral works
MS Mus. 1476 : Peter Maxwell Davies: Smaller choral works - Hierarchy:
- 032-000090439[0005]/036-000090444[0001]/040-000090477
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1400-1521
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- ff. 102.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1993
- End Date:
- 1996
- Date Range:
- 1993-1996
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Largest size 450 x 292mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Davies, Peter Maxwell, Knight, composer, 1934-2016,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120273020,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/64271053