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- 040-001966079
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- 032-001966038
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000970.0x00018d
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HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxiii. Vocal works without opus number; 1948-1973, n.d.
ff. 63. Largest size 390 x 300mm.
1. f. 1. ‘The Queen of Air and Darkness’ for voice and piano; 1948.
2. ff. 2-5. ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ (words, Edward Lear) for speaker, flute, cello and guitar; 1951. Draft score, partly inked over. Published Oxford University Press, 1953.
3. ff. 6-9. ‘The Owl and the Pussy Cat’ for speaker, flute, cello and guitar; 1951. Score; transposed flute part, both ink.
4. ff. 10-21. ‘Two Practical Cats’ (T.S. Eliot) for speaker, flute, cello and guitar; 1953.
5. ff. 22-24. ‘Song of the Birds’ (Náhuatl poem, translated by Irene Nicholson) for unaccompanied chorus; 1963. Published Novello & Co in The Musical Times vol. 1456 (1964).
6. ff. 25-26. [Tell me where is he my soul adores] (‘From The Divine Narcissus’) for unaccompanied chorus; 1963.
7. ff. 27-29. ‘Topical Birthday Ode for Fiona’ for voice and piano; 1973. Score and ink vocal part.
8. ff. 30-33. ‘The Barber of Darmstadt’ for tenor, chorus and orchestra; n.d. Vocal score.
9. ff. 34-51. ‘Coiffeur’s Calypso, or Dirge for the Dear Departing’, for voice and piano (words, Fiona Nicholson); n.d. Vocal part; score, a photocopy of the autograph; a second incomplete photocopy score, illustrated.
10. ff. 52-63. Popular songs; n.d.
includes:
- f. 2 Edward Lear, artist and author: Humphrey Searle's 'The Owl and the Pussy Cat' to words by: 1951, 1953.
- ff. 22-24 Irene Nicholson, journalist: Humphrey Searle's 'Song of the Sun', op. 42, and 'Song of the Birds', set to Náhuatl poems translated by: 1963, 1964.
- f. 27 Fiona Elizabeth Anne Searle, née Nicholson; second wife of Humphrey Searle: Humphrey Searle's 'Topical Birthday Ode for Fiona' for voice and piano: 1973.
- f. 34 Fiona Elizabeth Anne Searle, née Nicholson; second wife of Humphrey Searle: Humphrey Searle's 'Coiffeur's Calypso, or Dirge for the Dear Departing' to words by: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001966038
036-001966039
037-001966070
040-001966079 - Is part of:
- Add MS 71721-71862 : HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Music manuscripts and papers by and relating to Humphrey Searle, CBE (1915-1982), composer,…
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Add MS 71753 : HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. xxxiii. Vocal works without opus number; 1948-1973, n.d. ff. 63. Largest size 390 x 300mm. 1.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001966038[0001]/036-001966039[0004]/037-001966070[0009]/040-001966079
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1948
- End Date:
- 1973
- Date Range:
- 1948-1973
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Lear, Edward, artist and author, 1812-1888
Nicholson, Irene, journalist
Searle, Fiona Elizabeth Anne, née Nicholson; second wife of Humphrey Searle, b 1933