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- Record Id:
- 040-001966078
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001966038
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000970.0x00018c
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HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxii. Songs; [1948]-1980. With piano accompaniment except where stated.
ff. 78. Largest size 370 x 275mm.
1. ff. 1-5. ‘Two Songs of A. E. Housman’, op.9; 1946. Ink score, copy. Published Joseph Williams, [1948].
2. ff. 6-9. ‘Song for Christmas’ and ‘The White Helleborine’ from ‘Three Songs of Jocelyn Brooke’, op.25; 1954.
3. ff. 10-14. ‘Counting the Beats’ (poem, Robert Graves), op.40; 1963. Score.
4. ff. 15-18. ‘Counting the Beats’, op.40; 1963. Ink score.
5. ff. 19-24. ‘Ophélie’, op.50; 1969.
6. ff. 25-28. ‘The Donkey’ (poem, G.K. Chesterton), op.55; 1971. Score. With a copy of the text partly in the hand of Humphrey Searle. Ink.
7. ff. 29-32. ‘The Donkey’, op.55; 1971. Ink score.
8. ff. 33-46. ‘Les Fleurs du Mal’ (poem, Baudelaire) for voice, horn and piano, op.58; 1972.
9. ff. 47-61. ‘Two Sitwell Songs’, ‘On listening to Music under Tropical Flowering Trees’ (words, Sacheverell Sitwell) and ‘On the Coast of Coromandel’ (words, Osbert Sitwell), op.73; 1980. Score.
10. ff. 62-74. ‘Two Sitwell Songs’, op.73; 1980. Ink score.
11. ff. 75-78. [The Apollonian Whale] for voice, cello and piano, op.74; 1980.
includes:
- f. 1 Alfred Edward Housman, poet: Humphrey Searle's Two Songs, op. 2, to texts by: 1946.
- f. 6 Jocelyn Brooke, of Bishopsbourne, near Canterbury: Humphrey Searle's songs, op. 25, to texts by: 1946.
- f. 10 Robert Ranke Graves, author: Humphrey Searle's 'Counting the Beats', op. 40, to a poem by: 1963.
- f. 25 Gilbert Keith Chesterton, author: Humphrey Searle's 'The Donkey' op. 55, to a poem by: 1971.
- f. 33 Charles Pierre Baudelaire, poet: Humphrey Searle's 'Les Fleurs du Mal', op. 58, to a poem by: 1972: Fr.
- f. 46 Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet; poet and writer: Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet; poet and writer: Humphrey Searle's songs, op. 73, to poems by Sir Sacheverell Sitwell and Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell: 1980.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001966038
036-001966039
037-001966070
040-001966078 - Is part of:
- Add MS 71721-71862 : HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Music manuscripts and papers by and relating to Humphrey Searle, CBE (1915-1982), composer,…
Add MS 71721-71823 : MUSIC.
Add MS 71745-71753 : D. Other vocal works.
Add MS 71752 : HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxii. Songs; [1948]-1980. With piano accompaniment except where stated.ff. 78. Largest size 370… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001966038[0001]/036-001966039[0004]/037-001966070[0008]/040-001966078
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
French - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1980
- Date Range:
- 1946-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Names:
- Baudelaire, Charles Pierre, poet, 1821-1867
Brooke, Jocelyn, author, 1908-1966
Chesterton, Gilbert Keith, author, 1874-1936
Graves, Robert von Ranke, author, poet and critic, 1895-1985,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121379644
Housman, Alfred Edward, poet, 1859-1936
Sitwell, Francis Osbert Sacheverell, 5th Baronet, poet and writer, 1892-1969
Sitwell, Sacheverell, 6th Baronet, poet and writer