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Add MS 70745
- Record Id:
- 040-001964558
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001964537
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000940.0x000135
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- Add MS 70745
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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xix. ‘Collection of Songs’; 1971-1972. Ink scores except where indicated, with typewritten introductory notes (f. ii).
ff. ii+11. Overall size 350 x 236mm.
1. ff. 1-2. ‘Soon’ (words based on Mao Zedong), for unison voices and piano; 1971. For a new version, see Add. 70747, ff. 1-6.
2. ff. 3-5. ‘The Proletariat Seeks to Transform the World’ (words by Mao Zedong), for 2 or more voices, with accompaniment for 6 appropriate instruments based on music by Alec Hill; 1971. Vocal part and accompaniment score, cropped at top to remove original title. With photocopy of vocal part only from the above, made before cropping, with original title ‘Sweet FA Act 2 Original Version’ (f. 5).
3. ff. 6-8. ‘Va pensiero’, from G. Verdi, ‘Nabucco’, arranged for mixed chorus with strummed accompaniment, preceded by a trio for any 3 appropriate instruments; 1972.
4. ff. 9-10. ‘Golden Mountain in Peking’, Chinese melody arranged for male and female unison voices, violin, ’cello, triangle and cymbal; [1972?].
5. f. 11. ‘The Red Flag’ (tune, ‘O Tannenbaum’, words by Jim Connell), arranged for unison voices and 4 appropriate instruments; 1972. Short score. For sketches, see Add. 70766, ff. 37v-38.
includes:
- ff. 1-5 Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party: Vocal works by C. Cardew , to words by Mao Tsetung: 1971-[1976?]: Partly Germ.: Partly photocopies.
- ff. 3-5 Alec Hill, composer: `The proletariat seeks to transform the the world', by C. Cardew , based on music by Alec Hill: 1971: Partly photocopy.
- ff. 6-8v Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco Verdi, composer: Cornelius Cardew, composer: `Va pensiero' from Nabucco by Verdi, arranged by Cornelius Cardew: 1972, [1972?]: Ital.
- ff. 11-11v Cornelius Cardew, composer: James Connell, socialist and journalist: `The Red Flag' poem by Jim Connell, musical arrangements by Cornelius Cardew: 1972, [1979?], n.d: Partly photocopy and typewritten.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001964537
036-001964538
040-001964558 - Is part of:
- Add MS 70727-70774 : CARDEW COLLECTION. Music manuscripts and papers of Cornelius Cardew (b.1936, d.1981); 1955-1981, n.d. Autograph except…
Add MS 70727-70757 : A. Main sequence, arranged chronologically
Add MS 70745 : CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xix. ‘Collection of Songs’; 1971-1972. Ink scores except where indicated, with typewritten… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001964537[0001]/036-001964538[0015]/040-001964558
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 70727-70774
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
German
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1971
- End Date:
- 1973
- Date Range:
- 1971-1973
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Cardew, Cornelius, composer, 1936-1981
Connell, James, socialist and journalist
Hill, Alec, composer
Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party
Verdi, Fortunino Giuseppe Francesco, composer, 1813-1901