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- 040-001966139
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- 032-001966038
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- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000970.0x0001c1
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HUMPHREY SEARLE COLLECTION. Vol. lxxxv. Notebooks and composition exercises; 1929-1932, n.d.
ff. 89. Largest size 370 x 275mm.
1. ff. 1-18. ‘Poem’ for two violins and piano; 1930. Pencil score; ink score. With other sketches, including ‘Rhapsody’ , ‘Symph. F[sharp] minor’.
2. ff. 19-28. ‘Adagio’, op.1, and ‘Sonata in G’, op.2, for string trio; 1930. Ink score. Incomplete. With other pencil and ink sketches.
3. ff. 29-42. ‘Intermezzo’ for violin and piano; 1930. Score and violin part. With compositional exercises.
4. ff. 43-57. Work for string quartet; 1932. Score. With compositional exercises.
5. ff. 58-60r. Chamber music for flute, viola and ‘cello; n.d. Incomplete.
6. ff. 60v-64r. Air and Variations for flute and piano; 1929.
7. ff. 64v-65. ‘Threnos’ for flute, violins and piano; n.d.
8. ff. 66-67r. Two fugues for flute and piano; 1932.
9. ff. 67v-71r. Prelude [first Procession] for violin and piano; n.d. Violin part and score. See also Add. 71798, and 71803 for an untitled orchestral version of this movement.
10. ff. 71v-73. ‘Short Prelude no.9’, for strings (an arrangement of Bach’s Prelude in F major, BWV928); n.d. With other sketches.
11. f. 75. ‘Adagio sostenuto’, for strings; n.d. With another sketch of melody, text begins ‘Froh zu sein bedarf es Wenig’.
12. ff. 76-82. Debussy: Berceuse Héroïque, arranged for orchestra; n.d. Ink short score; pencil full score.
13. f. 83. Opening of Musorgsky’s ‘Promenade’ from Pictures at an exhibition. Full score.
14. ff. 84-89. Incomplete movement for orchestra; n.d. Full score.
includes:
- f. 71 Johann Sebastian Bach, composer: Humphrey Searle's arrangement of Prelude in F, BWV928: n.d.
- f. 76 Achille Claude Debussy, composer: 'Berceuse Héroïque' arranged for orchestra by Humphrey Searle: n.d.
- f. 83 Modest Petrovich Musorgsky, composer: 'Promenade' (opening only) from Pictures at an Exhibition transcribed by Humphrey Searle: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001966038
036-001966039
037-001966138
040-001966139 - 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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- 1 item
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1929
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1929-1932
- Era:
- CE
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- Names:
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, composer, 1685-1750
Debussy, Claude, composer, 1862-1918
Musorgsky, Modest Petrovich, composer, 1839-1881