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040-001960383

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-001960312

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BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LV. 'Songs, Vol. I'; 1905-1910.

ff. 52. 335 x 265mm. In a green cloth binding with gold lettering to the front.

1. ff. 2-7. Golden Guendolen (words, William Morris); 1907. Printed. Published Charles Avison Ltd.

2. ff. 8-13. The Fairies (words, William Allingham); 1907. Printed. Published Charles Avison Ltd.

3. ff. 14-18. Magnificat, after a picture by Rossetti; 1907. Printed. Published Charles Avison Ltd.

4. ff. 20-26. 'From the Uplands to the Sea' (words, William Morris); 1905.

5. ff. 27-30. 'The Garden by the Sea' (words, William Morris); 1909.

6. ff. 31-33. 'Marguerite' (words, William Morris); 1909.

7. ff. 34-36. 'The Fiddler of Dooney' (words, W. B. Yeats); 1907. A version of this song, to words by Bax, was published under the title 'The Enchanted Fiddle' in Album of seven songs, Chester, 1919.

8. ff. 36v-40. 'The Lyke-Wake Dirge'; 1908.

9. ff. 40v-41. 'I fear thy kisses, gentle maiden' (words, Shelley); 1906.

10. ff. 42-43. 'Lullaby' (words, Sheila McCarthy, [i.e. Arnold Bax]); 1910. For a version of this song for voice and orchestra titled 'Slumber Song', see Add. 54772.

11. ff. 43v-44v. 'A Christmas Carol' (words, 15th cent.); 1909. Published in Album of seven songs, Chester, 1919.

12. ff. 45-46v. 'When we are lost (Roundel)' (words, Dermot O'Byrne); 1905. Published as an appendix in Lewis Foreman, Dermot O'Byrne – selected poems of Arnold Bax, Thames Publishing, 1979.

13. ff. 47-48. 'Landskab (Landscape)' (words, Jens Peter Jacobsen); 1908. Another autograph manuscript of this work is in the National Library of Denmark, Århus.

14. ff. 49-50. 'Ideala' (words Björnstjerne Björnsen); 1907. Published in an English translation by E. Gosse as The Flute, Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., 1923.

15. ff. 51-52. 'Du Blomst i dug' (words from Mogens by Jens Peter Jacobsen); 1907.

includes:

ff. 2-7, 20-33 William Morris, poet and artist: Songs by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1905-1909.
ff. 8-13 William Allingham, poet: Printed Matter: Song, 'The Fairies' by Arnold Bax , to words by William Allingham: 1907: Printed.
ff. 14-18 Dante Gabriel Rossetti, poet and painter: Printed Matter: 'Magnificat, after a picture by Rossetti' by Arnold Bax: 1907: Printed.
ff. 34-36 William Butler Yeats, poet: Song, 'The Fiddler of Dooney' by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1907.
ff. 40v-41 Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: Vocal works by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1900-1910.
ff. 42-43 Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Songs by Arnold Bax , to words by 'Sheila McCarthy': 1910, 1914.
ff. 45-46v Sir Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, alias 'Sheila McCarthy'; alias 'Dermot O'Byrne'; KCVO; composer: Songs by Arnold Bax , to words by 'Dermot O'Byrne': 1905, 1921.
ff. 47-48, 51-52 Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish poet: Songs by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1908. 1927: Danish.
ff. 49-50 Björnstjerne Björnsen, Danish poet: Songs by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1908: Danish.

Collection Area:

Music Collections

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Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-001960312
036-001960380
040-001960383

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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 54776-54779 : F. SONGS

Add MS 54778 : BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LV. 'Songs, Vol. I'; 1905-1910. ff. 52. 335 x 265mm. In a green cloth binding with gold lettering to the…

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032-001960312[0006]/036-001960380[0003]/040-001960383

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Languages:

Danish
English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1905

End Date:

1910

Date Range:

1905-1910

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Names:

Allingham, William, poet
Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor, Knight, composer, 1883-1953
Björnsen, Björnstjerne, Danish poet
Jacobsen, Jens Peter, Danish poet, 1847-1885
Morris, William, designer, author, and visionary socialist, 1834-1896
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel, poet and painter, 1828-1882
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, poet, 1792-1822
Yeats, William Butler, poet, 1865-1939,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120960541