MS Mus. 1080

MS Mus. 1080. Christopher Shaw Collection: Vol. iii. Vocal music; 1956-1991.

Some in oblong format. ff. i + 118. 300 x 425mm.

1. ff. 1-7r. ‘A Love-Song’ (words ‘To Chloë’ by William Cartwright) for voice, guitar or lute and cello; 1984. Two pencil scores and two ink scores. Dedicated to Jean Shaw, wife of the composer, on their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.

2. ff. 8-26r. ‘The Shepherds’ Wonder’, anthem (words by Sidney Godolphin, beginning ‘Lord when the wise men came from far’) for mixed chorus and organ; 1956, revised 1964. Inscription: ‘Written for the Imperial College of Science and Technology’s Commemoration Day, 1956’. Pencil score, ink score and ink score of revised version.

3. ff. 27-52v. ‘The Year’s Christmas’ (words, Edwin Muir, from One Foot in Eden, beginning ‘Now Christmas comes’) for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1956, revised 1991. Pencil score, ink score on transparencies and ink score of revised version. Dedicated to Imogen Holst.

4. ff. 53-62r. ‘A lesson from Ecclesiastes’, anthem (words, Eccl. ch. 5 v. 1-7) for mixed chorus and organ; 1962. Pencil score and ink score.

5. ff. 63-88v. ‘No room at the Inn’, Christmas carol (words from Christmas carols Ancient and Modern, ed. William Sandys and publ. 1833) for mixed chorus and piano; 1961. Two pencil drafts and ink score. Dedicated to Eric Brown.

6. ff. 89-92. ‘Music, when soft voices die’ (words, Shelley) for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1972. Draft score and score. Inscription, ‘In memory of Mary Connor’.

7. ff. 93-100v. ‘To the Bandusian Spring’ (words, Horace, from Odes, book 3, no. 13) for unaccompanied mixed chorus; 1974. Latin. Dedicated to David and Judy Drew.

8. ff. 101-105r. ‘Alleluia, dulce carmen’, for unaccompanied male-voice chorus; 1978. Hymn for the Saturday before Septuagesima. Latin. Pencil score and ink score with rehearsal piano part.

includes:

• ff. 1-7r William Cartwright, poet and playwright: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Jean Margaret Shaw, née Warrand; singer; wife of Christopher Shaw: 'A Love-Song', for voice, guitar or lute and cello, composed by C. Shaw, words by William Cartwright, dedicated to Jean Margaret Shaw: 1984: Autogr.
• ff. 8-26r Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Anthem 'The Shepherds' Wonder', for mixed chorus and organ, composed for Imperial College of Science and Technology by C. Shaw, words by Sidney Godolphin: 1956, revised 1964: Autogr.
• ff. 27-52v Edwin Muir, author: Imogen Holst, composer and writer on music: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: 'The Year's Christmas', for unaccompanied mixed chorus, by C. Shaw, words by Edwin Muir, dedicated to Imogen Holst: 1956, revised 1991: Autogr.
• ff. 53-62r Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: 'A lesson from Ecclesiastes', anthem for mixed chorus and organ by Christopher Shaw: 1962: Autogr.
• ff. 63-88v Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Eric Brown, choir director: 'No room at the Inn', Christmas carol for mixed chorus and piano by Christopher Shaw, dedicated to Eric Brown: 1961: Autogr.
• ff. 89-92 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: 'Music, when soft voices die', for unaccompanied mixed chorus, composed in memory of Mary Connor by C. Shaw, words by Shelley,: 1972: Autogr.
• ff. 93-100v Quintus Horatius Flaccus, poet: David Drew, writer on music: Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Judith Drew, née Sutherland; wife of David Drew: 'To the Bandusian Spring', for unaccompanied mixed chorus, by C. Shaw, words by Horace, dedicated to David and Judy Drew: 1974: Lat: Autogr.
• ff. 101-105r Christopher Shaw, pianist and composer: Hymn, 'Alleluia, dulce carmen', for unaccompanied male-voice chorus by Christopher Shaw: 1978: Lat: Autogr.