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MS Mus. 1801/6/3
- Record Id:
- 040-001947647
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001947536
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000293.0x000097
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1801/6/3
- Title:
- Sir Lennox Berkeley: Compositions for Organ and Clavichord
- Scope & Content:
-
(1). ff. 1-3. Impromptu for organ. Autograph score, in blue ink with pencil annotations (20-stave paper, 365 x 270 mm). Outer bifolium enclosing pp. [1]-[4]. Front cover: title, dedication and date: 'Written for [Rev.] Colin Gill, on the occasion of his translation from Holborn to Brighton (October 1941).' Signed on p. [1]. The score is followed by a brief pencil sketch.
(2). ff. 4-5. Prelude and Fugue for clavichord, Op. 55, no. 3 [1960]. Undated autograph score, in black ink, with annotations in pencil and blue ink, pp. 1-4 (16-stave paper, 365 x 270 mm). Signed on p. 1.
(3). ff. 6-43. Three Pieces for organ, Op. 72, no. 1 (1966-68):
- Aubade for organ. Autograph score (2 bifolia, 24-stave paper, 340 x 270 mm). Title-page (with signature), on the verso of which is an autograph pencil sketch (struck-through), followed by the score in blue and black ink on ff. 7-14, followed by brief pencil sketches on f. 15. Signed on f. 7, annotated at the foot of the page by J. & W. Chester Ltd copyright notice (1966). Pasted-down corrections: ff. 8-11, 13-14.
- Aubade for organ. Copyist score in blue paper covers (copyright J. & W. Chester Ltd, 1966), ff. 16-21 (pp. 1-8, 10-stave paper, 300 x 250 mm). Annotated in pencil for performance, and corrections (not autograph) listed in pencil on inside front cover.
- Aria and Toccata. Both autograph scores (16-stave paper, 340 x 270 mm) are within a single outer bifolium, title and signature in pencil to front cover. Aria: blue ink, ff. 22-24 (pp. 1-3), signed on f. 23 in black ink (annotated: copyright J. & W. Chester Ltd, 1968). Toccata: black ink, pff. 25-30 (p. 1-8), signed on f. 25, including pasted-down corrections, ff. 26-27, 31.
- Dyeline copies of Aria (single copy) and Toccata (two copies), each annotated for performance in pencil.
- Toccata: incomplete autograph pencil draft, ff. 42-43.
(4). ff. 44-52. Fantasia for organ, Op. 92 [1976]. Undated pencil sketches (with identifying slips).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001947536
036-001947644
040-001947647 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1801 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: Music Manuscripts
MS Mus. 1801/6 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: Keyboard Works
MS Mus. 1801/6/3 : Sir Lennox Berkeley: Compositions for Organ and Clavichord - Hierarchy:
- 032-001947536[0006]/036-001947644[0003]/040-001947647
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1801
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
52 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1941
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1941-1976
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Music Loan 101.91
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)