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MS Mus. 15
- Record Id:
- 040-001945993
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000329
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 15
- Title:
- Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, Aug. 1940 – 1959
- Scope & Content:
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1. ff. 1-7. String quartet; 1940. Score in ink. Dated Aug. 1940 (ff. 1, 7v).
2. ff. 8-18. ‘Légende Orientale’, for cello and piano; 1941. Dedicated ‘To Margaret [Good, later Pleeth] and Bill [Pleeth] with great admiration and friendship’ (f. 12).
i. ff. 8-11. Score in pencil, dated 4 Mar. 1941 (f. 11)
ii. ff. 12-16. Score and part in ink, dated Mar. 1941 (f. 16v).
3. ff. 19-24. ‘Prelude and Fugue’ for two violins; 1945. Score in ink. Dated 20 July 1945 (f. 24v). For a copyist’s score of this composition, see Add. 54398, ff. 30-33. Published Augener, [1950]. For a programme note by the composer, see MS Mus. 65, f. 185, and for newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, f. 64.
4. ff. 25-39. ‘Elegy’ for string quartet (or string orchestra); 1950-1. Published Mills Music, [1958]. For newspaper cuttings, see MS Mus. 73, ff. 136-9.
i. ff. 25-6. Sketches.
ii. ff. 27-9. Score in pencil, with annotations for optional double bass part for string orchestra version in ink, dated 12 Mar. 1950 – 10 Feb. 1951 (f. 29v)
iii. ff. 30-39. Parts in ink.
5. ff. 40-49. ‘Divertimento’ for wind instruments; [1950], 1968. Arrangement for brass quintet. Dated March 1968 (f. 40). On f. 41 is a letter to Francis Chagrin from David Scott, music editor, dated 1971. Typewritten; not signed. Wind version published Augener, [1952]; brass quintet version published London: Galliard and New York: Galaxy Music Corp., [1969].
6. ff. 50-55. ‘Moment Perdu’ and ‘Sicilienne’, for piano; [1950]. Arrangement for strings. Original version published Chappell, [1951].
i. ff. 50-52. Sketches.
ii. ff. 53-5. Photocopy of copyist’s score of ‘Moment Perdu’.
7. ff. 56-8. ‘Sarabande’ for oboe and piano; [1951]. Score in pencil (ff. 56-7) with part in ink, with transposed version for instruments in B flat (f. 58). Published Lengnick, [1951], and [1952] in a version for oboe and strings.
8. ff. 59-69. ‘Improvisation and Toccatina’ for clarinet; [1954]. Dedicated to Jack Brymer. For a programme note by the composer, see MS Mus. 65, f. 184. Published Augener, [1955].
i. ff. 59-62. Sketches.
ii. ff. 63-9. Scores in ink, dated Nov. 1951 (ff. 64, 67), 25 Apr. 1953 (f. 69v).
9. ff. 70-81. ‘Trois Pièces Tendres’, for piano, later arranged for oboe d’amore (or clarinet in A) and string trio (or piano), also for orchestra; 1954, n.d. Arrangement for oboe d’amore and string trio dedicated to Jennifer Paull; orchestral arrangement made in 1971. Original version published Augener, [1955].
i. ff. 70-71. Piano version, in ink
ii. ff. 72-7. Printed copy, annotated with regard to instrumentation
iii. ff. 78-81. Score of arrangement for oboe d’amore and string trio.
10. ff. 82-5. ‘Two Studies for Jazz Quartet’, for trumpet, baritone saxophone, double bass and drums; [1959].
For ‘Aquarelles’ for piano (1951), see Add. 54938, ff. 34-38.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945975
036-001945990
040-001945993 - 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. 13-18 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Instrumental and Chamber Music
MS Mus. 15 : Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, Aug. 1940 – 1959 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945975[0002]/036-001945990[0003]/040-001945993
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (85 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1940
- End Date:
- 1959
- Date Range:
- 1940-1959
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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356 x 262mm.
- Source of Acquisition:
- String quartet purchased from the family of Francis Chagrin.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Brymer, Jack, clarinettist, 1915-2003
Good, Margaret, pianist, 1906-2000
Paull, Jennifer, oboe d'amore player and concert manager, b 1944
Pleeth, William, cellist, 1916-1999
Scott, David, music editor