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MS Mus. 48
- Record Id:
- 040-001946031
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001945975
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00034a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 48
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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MS Mus. 48. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. xlvii. Public and commercial film music; 1957-63.
ff. 185. 356 x 264mm.
1. ff. 1-4. ‘BBC Signal for Television News Reels’; 1957. Recorded Maida Vale Studios, 7 May 1957 (f. 1).
2. ff. 5-14. ‘Players’ (seven films for John Player & Sons); 1957.
i. ff. 5-6. Two typewritten plot summaries, both dated 7 Nov. 1957.
ii. ff. 7-14. Scores.
2. ff. 15-34. ‘All Lit Up’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for the Gas Board); 1957. For wind and percussion, guitar and bass.
i. ff. 15-16. Sketches.
ii. ff. 17-34. Score.
3. ff. 35-97. ‘Phensic’ (three W. M. Larkins films for Phensic); 1958. The first and second films (‘Sparks’ and ‘Waves’) are for clarinet, percussion and strings, the third (‘Mallet Drumbeats’) for orchestra. ‘Sparks’ recorded 29 Apr. 1958 and also dated 16 June 1958 (f. 80); ‘Waves’ recorded Conway Halls, 30 July 1958 (f. 85); ‘Mallet Drumbeats’ recorded R.C.A. Studios, Hammersmith, 19 Dec. 1958 (f. 92).
i. ff. 35-7. Photograph and storyboard.
ii. ff. 38-79. Correspondence, music lists and plans.
iii. ff. 80-97. Scores.
4. ff. 98-123. ‘Piping Hot’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for the Gas Board); 1959. Dated March 1959 (f. 98).
5. ff. 124-5. ‘Westclox’ (a television film for the Westclox division of General Time Corporation); 1962. For vibraphone, guitar and piano. Recorded 23 Mar. 1962 (f. 124). For sketches, see MS Mus. 55, f. 1.
6. ff. 126-85. ‘Ways to Security’ (a Halas & Batchelor cartoon for a German insurance company); 1963. Recorded at Levy’s Sound Studios, 14 Oct. 1963 (f. 126).
includes:
- f. 38 Ann Walton, television production assistant, J Walter Thompson Co., Ltd: Letter to F. Chagrin: 1958: Typewritten, signed.
- ff. 60-1 Larkins Studio: Letter to F. Chagrin: [1958]: Handwritten; not signed.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001945975
036-001946020
040-001946031 - 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. 38-57 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music for Public and Commercial Films and Television Broadcasts
MS Mus. 48 : MS Mus. 48. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. xlvii. Public and commercial film music; 1957-63. ff. 185. 356 x 264mm. 1. ff. 1-4. ‘BBC… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001945975[0006]/036-001946020[0011]/040-001946031
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 2-83
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1957
- End Date:
- 1963
- Date Range:
- 1957-1963
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Larkins Studio
Walton, Ann, television production assistant J Walter Thompson Co Ltd