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MS Mus. 26

Record Id:

040-001946008

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001945975

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000334

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 26

Title:

Francis Chagrin: Music for feature films; [1935]-1940

Scope & Content:

1. ff. 1-4. Sketches, probably for music to accompany silent films; n.d. [circa 1935]. In ink.

2. ff. 5-8. ‘David et Goliath’ (deleted title: ‘Roi des Fosses’) (a Gold Star production); [1935]. Short score, in ink.

3. ff. 9-15. ‘La Grande Crosière’ (deleted title: ‘Doublemètre le Migrant’) (a Gold Star production); [1935]. Short score, in ink.

4. ff. 16-19. ‘La Lutte pour la Vie’ (deleted title: ‘Doublemètre Epicier’) (a Gold Star production); [1935?]. Short score, in ink.

5. ff. 20-21. ‘Le Bouif chez les Pur-Sangs’ (words, Louis Sauvat, produced by Romain Pinès); [1936]. Incomplete piano reduction, in ink. Piano reduction published Paris: Société d’Editions Musicales Universelles, n.d.

6. ff. 22-115. ‘Law and Disorder’ (produced by K. Alexander, directed by David MacDonald); 1940.

i. ff. 22-97. Sketches, including sketches for ‘The Snorkel’ (f. 71) and ‘In the Cool of the Day’ (f. 73v). For ‘The Snorkel’, see MS Mus. 35, ff. 74-5, and for ‘In the Cool of the Day’, see MS Mus. 37, ff. 1-113.

ii. ff. 98-114. Score, dated Jan. 1940 (f. 98).

iii. f. 115. Title page only for ‘Scherzo from the film ‘Law and Disorder’’, dated Jan. 1940. The score for this scherzo was reused in ‘Danger Within’, and is now MS Mus. 35, ff. 59-65.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001945975
036-001946007
040-001946008

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. 26-37 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music for Feature Films

MS Mus. 26 : Francis Chagrin: Music for feature films; [1935]-1940

Hierarchy:

032-001945975[0005]/036-001946007[0001]/040-001946008

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (115 folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1935

End Date:

1940

Date Range:

1935-1940

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Largest size 360 x 265mm.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)