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- Record Id:
- 040-001960379
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001960312
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000821.0x00000a
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- Add MS 54775
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BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LII. '[Pageant of] St George'; [1947]. Piano draft. Partly pencil. Unfinished. Originally commissioned to celebrate the 600th anniversary of the foundation of the Order of the Garter (see Foreman, pp. 340-341).
ff. 31. Overall size 420 x 275mm.
1. ff. 1. I, 'Allegro moderato'.
2. ff. 1-2. II 'Ceremonial dance'.
3. ff. 2-4. III, 'Chorus of Ecclesiastics'.
4. ff. 4-5. IV, 'Allegro', text begins 'Alas for the defenceless land'.
5. f. 5. Interlude.
6. ff. 5-7v. V, 'Lament', 'What is past hope'.
7. ff. 7v-8. VII, 'The Dragon's song'.
8. ff. 8v-9v. VIII, 'In time long past'.
9. ff. 10-11. IX, 'The Coming of Spring'.
10. ff. 11v-12. VI, 'Lento moderato', text begins 'Once in this land'.
11. ff. 12v-13. 'Moderato Grazioso', text begins 'We who were Hope'.
12. ff. 14-31. Miscellaneous sketches, partly in pencil, possibly relating to this or another pageant, including 'Prelude' (f. 14), 'Allegretto' (f. 15), 'Gavotte measure' (f. 17), the text only of a song beginning 'What is it like to be young and fair', (Hogarth), in the hand of, and signed by, 'WM'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001960312
036-001960374
040-001960379 - Is part of:
- Add MS 54724-54781 : BAX COLLECTION. Music manuscripts of Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax (b. 1883, d. 1953), Master of the Queen's Music; 1897-1949,…
Add MS 54771-54775 : E. VOCAL WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA
Add MS 54775 : BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LII. '[Pageant of] St George'; [1947]. Piano draft. Partly pencil. Unfinished. Originally commissioned to… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001960312[0005]/036-001960374[0005]/040-001960379
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 54724-54781
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1947
- End Date:
- 1947
- Date Range:
- [1947]
- Era:
- CE
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