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Add MS 57880
- Record Id:
- 040-002000041
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002000020
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000533.0x0002a4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 57880
- Title:
- Gustav Holst: Vocal music
- Scope & Content:
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Mostly annotated engraver's scores.
1. ff. 1-2v. 'The Swallow leaves her nest' for SSA (beg. 'The last sunbeam lightly falls', words: Thomas Lovell Beddoes), H 119; n.d. Score with practice piano part. Mostly autograph. Annotated in red ink and pencil. Published J. Curwen & Sons, 1914. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
2. ff. 3-8. 'A Dirge for Two Veterans' for TTBB with brass and percussion (words: Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass, 'Drum-Taps'), H 121; [1914]. Score. Annotated in red ink and pencil. Published J. Curwen & Sons, 1914. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
3. ff. 9-11. 'A Vigil of Pentecost' for voice and accompaniment (beg. 'Listen! The shores of other climes', words: Alice Mary Buckton), H 123; [bef. 1914]. Score.
4. ff. 12-15. 'Dirge and Hymeneal' for SSA and piano (beg. 'Woe, woe this is death's hour of spring', words: Thomas Lovell Beddoes), H 124; [1915]. Score.
5. ff. 16-22v. 'This have I done for my true love' for SATB (beg. 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day', words: traditional Cornish poem from Christmas Carols, Ancient and Modern, ed. William Sandys, 1833) , op. 34 no. 1, H 128; [1916]. Copy. Score. Annotated with crayon markings. Published Augener, 1919. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of Galliard Ltd.
6. ff. 23-23v. 'Lullay my Liking' for soprano or tenor solo and SATB (words: anon. 15th cent., from A Mediaeval Anthology, ed. Mary Segar), op. 34 no. 2, H 129; [1916]. Vocal score. Lithograph with MS. additions. Annotated in red ink and pencil. For the autograph of this work see Hirsch M. 1348. Published as no. 589 of 'Church Choralist' by J. Curwen & Sons, 1919. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
7. ff. 24v-25. 'Of one that is so fair and bright' for SATB soloists, SATB chorus (words: anon. 15th cent., from A Mediaeval Anthology), H 130; [circa 1916]. Score. Copy. Annotated in red ink and pencil. Published as no. 590 of 'Church Choralist' by J. Curwen & Sons, 1919. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
8. ff. 26-28v. 'Bring us in good ale' for SATB chorus (words: 15th cent.), op. 34. no. 4, H 131 [no. 4]; [1916]. Score. Annotated in red ink and pencil. Dedicated to Conrad Noel. Published as no. 1113 of 'Choral Handbook ' by J. Curwen and Sons, 1919. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
9. ff. 29-35. Three Carols for chorus and orchestra: 'I saw three ships' (words: traditional) ff. 29-30, 'Christmas Song' (adapted from the Latin 'Personent hodie' by Jane M. Joseph) ff. 31-32v, 'Masters in this Hall', Old French Carol arranged by Holst (words: William Morris), H 133 ff. 33-35; [1916-1917]. Copies. Scores, together with separate texts (those for the first and third carols typewritten). Annotated in red ink, pencil and crayon. Published as nos. 1654-1656 of 'Choruses for equal voices' by J. Curwen & Sons, 1924. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
10. ff. 36v-37. 'A Dream of Christmas' for SS chorus and piano (or strings) (words: anon. 15th cent. from A Mediaeval Anthology), H 139; [1917]. Score. Annotated in red ink and crayon. Published by J. Curwen & Sons, 1919. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
11. ff. 38-40. 'The Ballad of Hunting Knowe' (words: E. A. Ramsden), H 147; [aft. 1918]. Score.
12. ff. 41-44. 'I vow to thee, my country' for voices and orchestra (words: Cecil Spring-Rice), H 148; [1921]. Score. Published Goodwin & Tabb, 1921. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
13. ff. 45-50. Toccata for piano, founded on the Northumbrian Pipe-Tune 'Newburn Lads', H 153; [1924]. Score. Copy, with autograph title-page. Annotated in red ink and pencil. Dedicated 'To Adine O'Neill and her pupils'. Published J. Curwen & Sons, 1924. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
14. ff. 51-53v. 'The Evening Watch', dialogue between the body and the soul, for SSAATTBB (words: Henry Vaughan), op. 43 no. 1, H 159; [1924]. Score, with piano for rehearsal only. Annotated in red ink and crayon. Published as no. 1190 of 'Choral Handbook' by J. Curwen & Sons, 1925. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of Faber Music Ltd.
15. ff. 54-65. 'Sing me the Men', motet for unaccompanied chorus SSSAATTBB (words: Digby Mackworth Dolben), op. 43 no. 2, H 160; [1925]. Score, with piano for rehearsal only. Annotated pencil and crayon. Published as no. 1194 of 'Choral Handbook' by J. Curwen & Sons, 1925. Presented by Imogen Holst by courtesy of J. Curwen & Sons Ltd.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002000020
036-002000026
040-002000041 - Is part of:
- Add MS 57863-57910 : GUSTAV HOLST COLLECTION (PART II). Music manuscripts of Gustav Theodore Holst (b. 1874, d.1934); 1890-1934, n.d. Autograph and…
Add MS 57867-57910 : C. WORKS AFTER 1895
Add MS 57880 : Gustav Holst: Vocal music - Hierarchy:
- 032-002000020[0003]/036-002000026[0013]/040-002000041
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 57863-57910
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (65+41*, 41**, 43* folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_57880 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1910
- End Date:
- 1925
- Date Range:
- before 1914-1925
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Largest size 359 x 261mm.
- Custodial History:
- || ff. 9-11 and 38-40 were not digitised for the Europeana Collections 1914-1918 project due to copyright restrictions||
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
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