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MS Mus. 58

Record Id:

040-001946044

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001945975

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000374

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ISAD(G)

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MS Mus. 58

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MS Mus. 58. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. lvii. Music for radio broadcasts; 1941. For ‘Chantons, je vous en prie’, ‘Las! en mon doux printemps’, ‘La chanson de Marie’ and ‘Au Devant de la Vie’ (29, 29, 15 and 8 Oct. 1941), see MS Mus. 3, ff. 1-8.

ff. 125. 359 x 263mm.

1. f. 1. ‘Fanfare No. 1’; 2 July 1941. For horns and strings.

2. f. 1. ‘Vous savez tous (Cadet Rouselle)’; 16 July 1941. Arranged by Chagrin for strings.

3. f. 1v. ‘Chanson de Babar’; 30 July [1941]. For piccolo, bassoon and strings.

4. ff. 2. ‘Chanson de V.’; 23 July 1941. Arranged from Beethoven’s Symphony no. 5 for horns and strings.

5. ff. 2v. ‘Fanfare No. 1’; 16 July [1941]. Arranged for brass and strings.

6. ff. 3-6. ‘"Ritournelle" and 8 French Folk Songs ("Rhapsodie Miniature") for the French Children’s Hour’; 6 Aug. 1941. Arrranged for flute, horns and strings.

7. ff. 7-16. André Bernheim, arr. Chargin: ‘Battez les Cœurs’; 13 Aug. 1941. Two scores.

8. f. 17. ‘Fanfare No. 2 (a & b)’ and ‘Fanfare No. 3’; 20 Aug. 1941. For brass and side-drum.

9. f. 17v. ‘Compagnons de la Majaiolaine’; 27 Aug. 1941. For horns and strings.

10. f. 18. ‘Trois Petits Enfants’; 3 Sept. 1941. For flute and strings.

11. f. 18. ‘Fais Dodo’; 17 Sept. 1941. For strings.

12. ff. 19-24. Georges Auric, arr. Chagrin, ‘A Nous la Liberté’; 24 Sept. 1941.

13. ff. 25-32. ‘Au bord de la Route’; 24 Sept. 1941. Two scores.

14. ff. 33-4. ‘Chant des Girondins (Mourir pour la Patrie)’; 1 Oct. 1941.

15. ff. 35-42. ‘Auprès de ma Blonde’; 1941-4. Three scores, dated 8 Oct. 1941 (f. 35), 2 Dec. 1942 (f. 37), 29 Sept. 1944 (ff. 39, 40).

16. ff. 43-9. W. R. Heymann, arr. Chagrin: ‘Les Gars de la Marine’; 8 Oct. 1941. With a typewritten pastiche text, ‘Les Gars de la Vermine’ (f. 49).

17. f. 50. ‘Ah, mon Beau Château’; 22 Oct. 1941. For horns, glockenspiel and strings.

18. f. 50v. Himmel, arr. Chagrin, ‘Avec les Pom-pom’; 22 Oct. 1941. For xylophone and strings.

19. ff. 51-2. ‘Slogan Pétain No. 2’; 22 Oct. 1941. For horns, timpani and strings.

20. ff. 53-9. ‘Sea Music’; 29 Oct. 1941, postponed to 5 Nov. 1941.

21. f. 60. ‘Barrel Organ’; 29 Oct. 1941. For xylophone and strings.

22. f. 60. Offenbach, arr. Chagrin, ‘Barcarolle’; 29 Oct. 1941. For bassoon and harp.

23. ff. 60v-61. ‘J’ai du bon Tabac’; 5 Nov. 1941.

24. ff. 62. ‘Interlude No. 8’; 12 Nov 1941, postponed to 26 Nov. 1941. For flute, clarinet and strings.

25. ff. 62v-3. ‘Interlude No. 9’; 12 Nov. 1941, postponed to 26 Nov. 1941.

26. ff. 64-76. ‘Chevaliers de la Table Ronde’; 19 Nov. 1941. For xylophone, piano and strings.

i. f. 64. Typewritten word-sheet.

ii. f. 65. Piano part.

iii. f. 66. Score.

iv. ff. 68-76. Arrangement for tenor and full orchestra, dated 14 July 1943 (f. 68).

27. f. 66. ‘Bien l’bonjour’; 19 Nov. 1941. For small orchestra. Two versions.

28. ff. 77-82. ‘Mon Légionnaire’; 19 Nov. 1941.

29. f. 83. ‘Voulez-vous bien ne plus Dormir’; 19 Nov. 1941, postponed to 3 Dec. 1941. For small orchestra.

30. ff. 84-6. ‘A la Martinique’; 26 Nov. 1941. With typewritten word-sheet (f. 84)

31. ff. 87-8. ‘Radio-Paris Docteur’; 26 Nov. 1941, postponed to 3 Dec. 1941.

32. ff. 89-90. ‘A Paris’; 3 Dec. 1941.

33. ff. 91-2. ‘Ils sont dans les Vignes, les Moineaux’; 3 Dec. 1941.

34. ff. 93-4. ‘Noël des Enfants’; 3 Dec. 1941.

35. ff. 95-110. ‘8 French Noëls’; 1941-3, n.d. Dated 10 Dec. 1941 (f. 108), 24 Dec. 1941 (ff. 96, 96v, 97, 100, 100v, 104), 1 Dec. 1943 (f. 98), and later re-arranged into a suite.

36. f. 111. ‘Je t’ai Rencontrée’; 10 Dec. 1941. For small orchestra.

37. f. 112. ‘Démoralisez les Allemands’; [10 Dec. 1941].

38. ff. 113-16. ‘La Bourgignonne (‘Je suis fier d’être bourgignon’)’; 11 Dec. 1941. Arranged for piano. For broadcast in North America. With typewritten word-sheet (ff. 114-15).

39. f. 116v. ‘Quand je suis parte de la Rochelle’; [11 Dec. 1941]. Arranged for piano.

40. f. 116v. ‘La Complainte de Mandrin’; [11 Dec. 1941]. Arranged for piano.

41. f. 117. Dunayevsky, arr. Chagrin: ‘Young Comrades’ Song’; 17 Dec. 1941. For strings. See also MS Mus. 59, f. 79.

42. ff. 118-25. ‘Chanson de Nouvel An’; 31 Dec. 1941 (‘1st version’), 23 Dec. 1942 (‘2nd version’).

includes:

f. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven, composer: F. Chagrin's 'Chanson de V.', arranged from Beethoven's Symphony no. 5: 1941.
ff. 7-16 André Bernheim, composer: Two songs arranged by F. Chagrin: 1941-3.
ff. 19-24 Georges Auric, composer: 'A nous la liberté', arranged by F. Chagrin: 1941.
ff. 43-8 Werner Richard Heymann, composer: 'Les gars de la Marine', arranged by F. Chagrin: 1941.
f. 50v Friedrich Heinrich Himmel, composer: 'Avec les pom-pom', arranged by F. Chagrin: 1941.
f. 113 Tom Ronald, of the BBC: Letter to F. Chagrin: 1942: Typewritten; not signed.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001945975
036-001946042
037-001946043
040-001946044

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. 58-64 : Francis Chagrin Collection: Music for Radio Broadcasts
MS Mus. 58-63 : MSS Mus. 58-63. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. lvii-lxii. Music for radio broadcasts; 1941-6. Unless stated otherwise, all pieces…

MS Mus. 58 : MS Mus. 58. CHAGRIN COLLECTION. Vol. lvii. Music for radio broadcasts; 1941. For ‘Chantons, je vous en prie’, ‘Las! en mon…

Hierarchy:

032-001945975[0007]/036-001946042[0001]/037-001946043[0001]/040-001946044

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File

Extent:

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1941

End Date:

1944

Date Range:

1941-1944

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Names:

Auric, Georges, composer
Beethoven, Ludwig, composer, 1770-1827
Bernheim, André, composer
Heymann, Werner Richard, composer
Himmel, Friedrich Heinrich, composer, 1765-1814
Ronald, Tom, of the BBC