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MS Mus. 16
- Record Id:
- 040-001945994
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00032a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 16
- Title:
- Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, 1960-70
- Scope & Content:
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1. ff. 1-11. ‘Three Pieces for Harp’; 1960.
i. ff. 1-2. Sketches, dated 8 Feb. 1960 (f. 1v).
ii. ff. 3-7. Drafts. Includes, on f. 6, sketches for Chagrin's 'Fanfare for Sir Arthur [Bliss] on his 80th birthday': [1971].
iii. ff. 8-11. Score.
2. f. 12. ‘Barcarole’ for descant recorder (or violin or oboe) and piano; 1960. Dated 29 June 1960. Published Schott, [1962], with a Berceuse.
3. ff. 13-14. ‘Viennese Waltz’ for piano, later arranged for descant and treble recorders and piano; [1961]. Piano version, in ink. Arrangement published Schott, [1963].
4. ff. 15-21. ‘Four Lyric Interludes’, for solo instrument and string quartet or piano; [1963]. Published Novello, [1969].
i. ff. 15-16. Fragment of draft score.
ii. ff. 17-21. Score with engraver’s annotations (ff. 17-21).
5. ff. 22-30. ‘Serenade ("Jottings for Jeremy")’, for wind quartet (flute, oboe (or second flute), clarinet and bassoon (or ’cello or second clarinet)); 1966. Score with engraver’s annotations. Published Novello, [1968].
6. ff. 31-2. ‘Two Kneller Hall Fanfares’, for trumpets and percussion; 1967. No. 1, for four trumpets, published as no. 2 of Two Fanfares for Four Equal Instruments, Borough Green: Novello, [1972]. No. 2, for three trumpets, published as the second of Two Fanfares for Three Equal Instruments, Borough Green: Novello, [1971].
7. ff. 33-60. ‘7 Petites Pièces pour 8 Instruments’, for piccolo, flute, oboe, 2 clarinets, horn and 2 bassoons, later arranged for piano duet; [1968].
i. f. 33. Version of no.1 for recorder and piano, here entitled ‘Scherzo’ (f. 33).
ii. ff. 34-5. Version of no. 6 for piano, in ink.
iii. ff. 36-49. Score, with engraver’s annotations in ink
iv. ff. 50-60. Arrangement for piano duet (as ‘Sept Pièces pour Quatre Mains’), dedicated ‘To Judy’. Full score and parts published Borough Green: Novello, [1969].
8. ff. 61-2. ‘Etude’ for violin; 1970. Dated 21 Apr. 1970 (f. 62).
For ‘Fanfare for Adam ("Per Ardua ad Astra")’ (1968), see MS Mus. 11.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945975
036-001945990
040-001945994 - 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. 16 : Francis Chagrin: Chamber music, 1960-70 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945975[0002]/036-001945990[0004]/040-001945994
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (62 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1970
- Date Range:
- 1960-1970
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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356 x 262mm.
- Source of Acquisition:
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‘Three Pieces for Harp’ and the piano duet arrangement of ‘7 Petites Pièces pour 8 Instruments’ purchased from the family of Francis Chagrin.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bliss, Arthur Edward Drummond, Knight, composer, 1891-1975