Add MS 62878

Seiber Collection. Vol. xcv. Seiber's own works; 1926-1963, n.d.

ff. ii + 132.

1. ff. 1-7. Lists of writings, including (ff. 3-7) 'Collected papers and broadcasts of Matyas Seiber'; [1960?]. Typewritten with pencil and ink annotations.

2. ff. 8-37. Talk on Besardo Suite no. 1; [1944?]. Pencil draft (ff. 8-17); typewritten version with pen and pencil annotations (ff. 18-26); typewritten edited version for transmission on BBC Home Service, 2 Jan. 1944, with pen and pencil annotations (ff. 27-37). See also Add. 54388, 62784.

3. ff. 38-40. Analytical description of Phantasy for Cello and Piano; [1944?]. Typewritten copy. See also Add. 62803, ff. 1-9.

4. ff. 41-46. 'Jean Baptiste Bésard and his "Thesaurus Harmonicus"', radio talk; [1949]. Typewritten with ink and pencil annotations. Prepared for transmission on BBC Third Programme, 30 June 1949. See also Add. 62874.

5. ff. 47-51. 'Some notes on my Joyce Cantatas', article about 'Ulysses' (see Add. 62810, 62811, 62861) and 'Three Fragments from "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"' (see Add. 62813, 62814, 62865); circa 1958. Typewritten with ink annotations. Written for an unidentified journal (see f. 48) and apparently used as the basis for the article 'Thoughts on "Ulysses"', London Musical Events, Vol. xii no. 12 (Dec. 1957), pp. 20-1.

6. f. 52. Plan of third movement of 'Ulysses'; circa 1947. Ink. See also Add. 62861, ff. 23-64.

7. ff. 53-54. Excerpts from press reviews of 'Ulysses'; circa 1958. Typewritten.

8. ff. 55-57. 'Von Jazz zu Joyce', talk given on South-West German Radio to celebrate Seiber's 50th birthday; [1955]. Typewritten with ink and pencil annotations.

9. ff. 58-65. Script of radio talk on Sonata for Violin and Piano; [1960]. Typewritten copy with ink annotations. Prepared for transmission on BBC Third Programme, 3 July 1960. See also Add. 62807, 62966.

10. ff. 66-74v. Text of talk for the Basle studio of the Schweizerische Rundspruch Gesellschaft; Nov. 1958. Typewritten with ink annotations. With a signed typewritten letter in German from the composer Conrad Beck, director of the music section of the studio, dated 23 Oct. 1958, with pencil notes for talk in Seiber's hand on verso (ff. 74-74v).

11. ff. 76-87v. 'The Teaching of Musical Composition'; [1955]. Pen and pencil drafts of Seiber's contribution to the meeting of Composers' Forum held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 23 May 1955.

12. ff. 88-93. 'Sense and Nonsense in Music', paper on the subject of Seiber's 'More Nonsense' songs; 1958. Typewritten copy with ink annotations. According to an ink note (f. 93), sent to Bo Wallner, adviser to Swedish Radio, on 26 Aug. 1958. See also Add. 62821, ff. 19-52.

13. ff. 94-95. Biographical note with special reference to the Divertimento for Clarinet and String Quartet; n.d. Typewritten copy with ink annotations.

14. f. 96. Printed certificate confirming the presentation of the South African Award at the 29th World Music Festival of the International Society for Contemporary Music, Baden-Baden, to Seiber for his String Quartet no.3; 1955. Signed by Goffredo Petrassi, Presiden 1954-1955.

15. ff. 97-120. Programmes and other ephemera mainly relating to performances of his works; 1926-1963. Printed. Partly German and Hungarian. With signed typewritten letters from Cyril Gee, General Manager of Mills Music Ltd., to Lilla Seiber, dated 2 July 1963 (f. 113), and from Gemma Farmer, Organising Secretary of the Canford Summer School of Music, to Mátyás Seiber, dated 5 Nov. 1958 (f. 120).

16. ff. 121-132. Documents relating to incidental music to 'Faust' (see Add. 62835, 62836); 1949. Ink and typewritten with pencil and ink annotations. (a) Ink autograph letter from MacNeice beginning 'Dear Archie', giving requirements for the music for the fourth programme (ff. 121-125v); - (b) signed typewritten letter to Seiber from Louis MacNeice dated 9 Sept. 1949 containing queries about the sixth programme (f. 126); - (c) typewritten copies of lists of timings and recording dates for the music for all six programmes (ff. 127-132).

includes:

• f. 74 Mátyás Seiber, composer: Conrad Beck, composer and radio producer: Letter to Mátyás Seiber from Conrad Beck: 1958: Germ: Typewritten, signed.
• f. 113 Cyril Gee, manager, Mills Music Ltd: Lilla Seiber, wife of M Seiber: Letter to Lilla Seiber from Cyril Gee: 1963: Typewritten, signed.
• f. 120 Mátyás Seiber, composer: Gemma Farmer, Secretary, Canford Summer School of Music: Letter to Mátyás Seiber from Gemma Farmer: 1958: Typewritten, signed.
• ff. 121-126 Louis Macneice, poet: Letter, etc., to M. Seiber from Louis Macneice: 1949.