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040-001960384

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032-001960312

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Add MS 54779

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BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LVI. Songs; 1911-1927.

ff. 55. Largest size 365 x 270mm.

1. ff. 1-2. 'Das Tote Kind' (words, J. P. Meyer); 1911.

2. ff. 3-5. 'The splendour falls' (words, Tennyson); 1912-1917.

3. ff. 6-14. 'Three Rondels' (words, Chaucer): 'Your euen two'; 'Welcome somer'; 'Of her mercy'; 1914.

4. ff. 15-22. Two songs from 'The Bard of Dimbovitza' (settings of Rumanian folk-songs collected by Hélène Vacaresco, translated by Carmen Sylva [i.e. Elizabeth, Queen of Rumania] and Alma Strettell): 'Spinning Song' and 'The Song of the Dagger'; 1914, n.d. See also Add. 54773.

5. ff. 23-29. 'A Rabelaisian Catechism', 'La Foi d'la loi'; 1920. Bax has marked a passage on f. 28 'Vaughan Williams. Sea Symphony: "o vast Rondure dwelling in space"'.

6. ff. 30-36. 'Glamour' (words, Dermot O'Byrne); 1921. Published as an appendix in Lewis Foreman, Dermot O'Byrne – selected poems of Arnold Bax, Thames Publishing, 1979.

7. ff. 37-40. 'I heard a soldier' (words, Herbert Trench); 1924. Published Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., 1926

8. ff. 41-42. 'Eternity' (words, Robert Herrick); 1925. See also Add. 54774,

ff. 8-12. Published Murdoch, Murdoch & Co., 1926.

9. ff. 43-53. 'Three Songs from the Norse': 'Irmelin Rose' and 'Lad Vaaren Komme', (words, Jens Peter Jacobsen), 'Venevil' (words, Björnstjerne Björnsen); 1927. Copy (in the same hand as Add. 54770, ff. 1-16). The autograph ms. is in Copenhagen University Library.

10. ff. 54-55. 'My eyes for Beauty pine' (words, Robert Bridges); [1920]. Another MS. is in the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh, which also has a version of the work for string quartet.

includes:

ff. 1-2 J. P. Meyer, writer: Song, 'Das Tote Kind' by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1911: Germ.
ff. 3-5 Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson; Poet Laureate: Song, 'The splendour falls' by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1912-1917.
ff. 6-14 Geoffrey Chaucer: 'Three Rondels' by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1914.
ff. 15-22 Alma Strettell, afterwards Harrison; writer: Carol I of Rumania; Elizabeth, Queen of Rumania, alias Carmen Sylva: Hélène Vacaresco, collector of folksongs: 'The Bard of Dimbovitza' by Arnold Bax, settings of Roumanian folksongs collected by Hélène Vacaresco, translated by 'Carmen Sylva' and Alma Strettell: 1914.
f. 28 Ralph Vaughan Williams, OM; composer: A quotation from Vaughan Williams's 'Sea Symphony' in Arnold Bax's 'A Rabelaisian Catechism': 1920.
ff. 30-36 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. 41-42 Robert Herrick, poet: Songs by Arnold Bax to words by: 1900-1934.
ff. 43-53 Björnstjerne Björnsen, Danish poet: Songs by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1908: Danish.
ff. 43-53 Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish poet: Songs by Arnold Bax, to words by: 1908. 1927: Danish.
ff. 54-55 Robert Seymour Bridges, OM; Poet Laureate: Song, 'My eyes for Beauty pine' by Arnold Bax , to words by Robert Seymour Bridges: [1920].

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Additional Manuscripts

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032-001960312
036-001960380
040-001960384

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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 54779 : BAX COLLECTION. Vol. LVI. Songs; 1911-1927. ff. 55. Largest size 365 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-2. 'Das Tote Kind' (words, J. P.…

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Languages:

Danish
English
German

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Latin

Start Date:

1911

End Date:

1927

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1911-1927

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Names:

Bax, Arnold Edward Trevor, Knight, composer, 1883-1953
Björnsen, Björnstjerne, Danish poet
Bridges, Robert Seymour, Poet Laureate, 1844-1930,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110706275,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/73868561
Chaucer, Geoffrey, poet and administrator, c 1340-1400,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000375840787
Elizabeth, Queen Consort of Charles I of Romania, 1843-1916
Herrick, Robert, poet, 1591-1674,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121178949,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/2486214
Jacobsen, Jens Peter, Danish poet, 1847-1885
Meyer, J P, writer
Strettell, Alma, afterwards Harrison writer
Tennyson, Alfred, 1st Baron Tennyson, poet, 1809-1892
Vacaresco, Hélène, collector of folksongs
Williams, Ralph, composer, 1872-1958,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108591472,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/89801735