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MS Mus. 1801/4/14
- Record Id:
- 040-001947632
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001947536
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x00008b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1801/4/14
- Title:
- Sir Lennox Berkeley: 'Four Ronsard Sonnets' (Set 2), Op. 62. Reduced version
- Scope & Content:
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- (1). ff. 1-59. Autograph score: 'Reduced Version for Chamber Orchestra' [Op. 62a]. In black ink, pp. 1-64 (24-stave paper, 370 x 270 mm). Undated by composer, but annotated as copyright J. & W. Chester 1963, and signed by Berkeley, on p. 1. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 2, 4, 6-7, 12-13, 17-19, 22-23, 25-27, 32, 36, 38, 40-41, 45, 50-52, 54, 56-57, 59.
- (2). ff. 60-105. Dyeline copy of 'Reduced Version', pp. 1-64. Includes whole-page replacements for pp. 42-3 (not autograph). Pasted-down corrections: ff. 72, 82, 86, 91, 97-101, 103-105. Some performance markings in pencil.
- (3). ff. 106-141. Further dyeline copy of 'Reduced Version', pp. 1-64. Also includes whole-page replacements for pp. 42-3 (not autograph). Includes pencil sketch on p. 21. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 127, 131.
- (4). ff. 142-159. Autograph piano reduction, in pencil. Title-page and pp. 1-33 (12-stave paper, 305 x 235 mm). Undated and without signature.
First performance: London, Royal Albert Hall, 9 August 1963. Peter Pears (tenor) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra, cond. Lennox Berkeley.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001947536
036-001947615
040-001947632 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1801 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: Music Manuscripts
MS Mus. 1801/4 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: Voices with Orchestra or Instrumental Ensemble
MS Mus. 1801/4/14 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: 'Four Ronsard Sonnets' (Set 2), Op. 62. Reduced version - Hierarchy:
- 032-001947536[0004]/036-001947615[0011]/040-001947632
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1801
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
159 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1963
- End Date:
- 1963
- Date Range:
- 1963
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 24-stave paper, 355 x 252 mm and 340 x 270 mm.
- Former Internal References:
- Music Loan 101.78 B
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ronsard, Pierre de, poet, 1524-1585