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MS Mus. 3
- Record Id:
- 040-001945979
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00031d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 3
- Title:
- Francis Chagrin: Shorter orchestral works, 1941-1957
- Scope & Content:
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1. ff. 1-8. ‘Trois vieilles chansons françaises’, for orchestra, later arranged for descant, two trebles, tenor and bass recorders with harp (or piano or harpsichord) ad lib.; 1941, n.d. The score comprises three arrangements made for the programme ‘Les français parlent au français’ for the French Service of the B.B.C.: ‘Chantons, je vous en prie’, ‘Las! en mon doux printemps’ (the words attributed to Mary, Queen of Scots) and ‘La chanson de Marie’. The first and third were originally recorded on 29 Oct. 1941 and the second on 8 Oct. 1941 (ff. 2, 4, 5).
i. ff. 1-6. Full score. On f. 4v is an arrangement by Chagrin for horns and strings of ‘Au Devant de la Vie’ by Shostakovich, also for the B.B.C. French Service, dated 15 Oct. 1941, the page subsequently deleted.
ii. ff. 7-8. Score of arrangement.
2. f. 9. ‘Additional Score to La Belle Hélène’; 1942. A supplementary page to a broadcast of Offenbach’s music. Recorded 7 Jan. 1942.
3. ff. 10-51. ‘Prelude and Fugue’; 1946-[1957]. For ink full score and printed score see MS Mus 4. For newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, ff. 51-3 and 106. Full score and miniature score published New York and London: Mills Music, [1957].
i. ff. 10-19. Short score, dated May 1946 (f. 10), 2 June 1946 (f. 11v).
ii ff. 20-51. Full score, dated 7 May 1946 (f. 49v).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945975
036-001945976
037-001945978
040-001945979 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 2-83 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music manuscripts and papers of the composer, conductor and administrator Francis Chagrin (1905-1972)
MS Mus. 2-12 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Orchestral Works
MS Mus. 3-5 : Francis Chagrin: Shorter orchestral works, 1941-68
MS Mus. 3 : Francis Chagrin: Shorter orchestral works, 1941-1957 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945975[0001]/036-001945976[0002]/037-001945978[0001]/040-001945979
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (51 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1957
- Date Range:
- 1941-1957
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Largest size 356 x 262mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Mary, of Scotland
Shostakovich, Dmitrii Dmitrievich, composer, 1906-1975,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121430446