MS Mus. 20

1. ff. 1-2. ‘Mother, I Cannot Mind My Wheel’ (words, Walter Savage Landor), for voice and piano; 1936. For additional ’cello part, see f. 49v. Published London: Ricordi, [1965], in original version and Chesham: Ricordi, [1970], in a version for mixed chorus.

i. f. 1. Score, dated 23 Sept. 1936.

ii. f. 2. Score, in ink.

2. ff. 3-9. ‘We’ll Go No More A-Roving’ (words, Lord Byron), for voice and piano; 1936. For additional ’cello part, see f. 50.

i. ff. 3-4. Score, dated 25 Sept. 1936 (f. 4).

ii. ff. 5-6. Score, in ink.

iii. ff. 7-8. Additional viola part, as the first of ‘Four English Songs’ (with ‘Absence’, ‘Dirge’ and ‘Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind’)

iv. f. 9. Additional clarinet part (with clarinet parts for ‘Poème Flou’, ‘Cradle Song’ and ‘Madrigal’).

3. ff. 10-13. ‘Absence’ (words, Walter Savage Landor); 1936. For additional viola part, see f. 7v.

i. ff. 10-11. Score, dated 28 Sept. 1936 (f. 11).

ii. ff. 12-13. Score in ink, with annotations relating to an orchestration.

4. ff. 14-19. ‘Time of Roses’ (words, Thomas Hood), for voice and piano; 1936. For an additional ’cello part, see f. 50.

i. ff. 14-15. Score, dated 2 Oct. 1936 (f. 2v).

ii. ff. 16-19. Two scores in ink, one transposed.

5. ff. 20-23. ‘It was a Lover and his Lass’ (words, William Shakespeare), for voice and piano; 1936. Published [Paris]: [Les Editions de Paris], [1936?].

i. ff. 20-21. Score, dated 7 Oct. 1936 (f. 20v).

ii. ff. 22-23. Score, in ink.

6. ff. 24-37. ‘Dirge (Come Away, Death)’ (words, William Shakespeare), for voice and piano; 1936. For additional viola part, see f. 8. Published Paris: Les Editions de Paris, [1936?].

i. ff. 24-5. Score, dated 10 Oct. 1936 (f. 25).

ii. ff. 26-9. Two scores in ink, one with typewritten words.

iii. ff. 30-35. Sketches for an arrangement for flute violin and strings, including a draft full score (ff. 32v-3) and sketches for other pieces.

iv. ff. 36-7. Additional clarinet part for original version (ff. 36-7), with additional clarinet parts for ‘Echos d’Andalousie’ and ‘Complainte’.

7. ff. 38-41. ‘Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind’ (words, William Shakespeare), for voice and piano; 1936. For additional viola part, see f. 8v.

i. ff. 38-9. Score, dated 12 Oct. 1936 (f. 39).

ii. ff. 40-41. Score, in ink.

8. f. 42. ‘Le Dernier Corsaire’ (words, Georges Zwingel), for voice and piano; [1936]. Typewritten word-sheet only. Published Paris: Les Editions de Paris, [1936].

9. ff. 43-6. ‘Je Cherche Partout’ (words, Louis Poterat), for voice and piano; [1936]. Published Paris: Francis Day, [1936], and with English words ‘If you see my love’ by Gene Martyn, London: Francis, Day & Hunter, [1956].

i. f. 43. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. f. 44. Sketches.

iii. ff. 45-6. Score.

10. ff. 47-50. ‘Only Tell her that I Love’ (words, Lord Cutts), for soprano or tenor and piano; [1936].

i. ff. 47-8. Score in ink.

ii. ff. 49-50. Additional ’cello part titled ‘Six English Songs’ (with ’cello parts for ‘Only Tell her that I Love’, ‘Cradle Song’, ‘Mother, I cannot Mind my Wheel’, ‘We’ll Go No More A-Roving’ and ‘Jet d’Eau’).

11. ff. 51-4. ‘La Vièrge aux Yeux d’Opale’ (words, Jean Laurent), for voice and piano; [1936]. Published Paris: Les Editions de Paris, [1936].

i. ff. 51-2. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. ff. 53-4. Score, with typewritten words.

12. ff. 55-8. ‘Scherzo’ for wordless mixed chorus and instruments; 1945. Dated 4 June 1945 (f. 58v).

13. ff. 59-61. ‘Noël’ (words, Théophile Gautier), for voice and piano; [1951]. Published Oxford University Press, 1951, on inside covers of Time and Tide 1951: Children’s Christmas Number.

i. f. 59. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. ff. 60-61. Score.

14. ff. 62-3. ‘The Deep Blue Sea’ (words, Roy Bradford), for voice and piano; [1955]. From the film ‘The Deep Blue Sea’. Score in pencil with words in ink. Published New York and London: Robbins Music Corporation, [1955].

15. ff. 64-79. ‘Roumanian Folk-Songs’; 1956, n.d. Transcriptions and arrangements of Rumanian folk-songs, one page dated 7 Feb. 1956 (f. 69). Some are contained in an album which also includes drafts of arrangements of popular songs for piano (ff. 71-9).

16. ff. 80-95. ‘Two Sea Shanties (‘A-Roving’ and ‘Early in the Morning’ [‘The Drunken Sailor’])’ (words traditional), for solo tenor, male chorus, solo violin, piccolo and percussion, or piano; [1956]. Published Novello, [1967].

i. ff. 80-83. Drafts.

ii. ff. 84-91. Score.

iii. ff. 92-5. Piano part.

17. f. 96. ‘Buona Notte’; n.d. Typewritten word-sheet only.

18. f. 97. ‘Canzona Napolitana’, for wordless tenor and baritone and piano; n.d.

19. ff. 98-100. ‘Caramba! (Can’t you do the Samba?)’ (words, Roger MacDougall), for voice and piano; n.d.

i. f. 98. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. ff. 99-100. Sketches.

20. f. 101. ‘Cuban Beguine’; n.d. Single instrumental part only, in ink.

21. ff. 102-3. ‘The Girl Who Kissed the Blarney Stone’ (words traditional, arr. Roy Hamilton), for voice and piano; n.d. Music ascribed to ‘Dermot Doyle’, later erased and changed to ‘Desmond O’Connor, c/o Francis Chagrin’. Incomplete score, in ink.

22. ff. 104-5. ‘The Scene of the Crime’ (words, Roger MacDougall); n.d.

i. f. 104. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. f. 105. Draft piano score.

23. f. 106. ‘When I’m Dancing with You’ (words, Roger MacDougall); n.d. Typewritten word-sheet only.