Add MS 36740

Collection of rough drafts, sketches, songs, and autograph fragments, chiefly in full score, of compositions mostly published only in pianoforte score, by Arthur Goring Thomas. [about 1878-1894].

Anthems, 1878, Secular music, Cantata (1892), Duets (1880-1890), Songs (1878-1894), Exercises in Harmony.

Vol II

ff. 138.

SONGS1. 'Far away'; with pianoforte accompaniment. Words by Mrs. Hemans. f. 81. 2. 'L'extase,' begins 'J'étais seul' [1891]. Part of the melody and of the pianoforte score, ff. 89, 91, 115b. 3. 'Le Lis et le Carillon.' Melody only. Imperfect. f. 92. 4. 'Portrait charmant'; with pianoforte accompaniment. [1890?] f. 94. Nos. 5-14 are the MSS. from which the Album of (published posthumously in 1894) was engraved. 5. 'Tell me now.' f. 90. 6. 'Good night.' f. 97. 7. 'Dans la Grotte.' f. 102. 8. 'Le Bonheur et l' Amour.' f. 111. 9. 'Vœu.' f. 113. 10. 'L'enfance.' In two keys. ff. 117, 121. 11. 'Le chasseur et la Laitiére.' f. 126. 12. 'Zither-song.' f. 128. 13. 'Ma sœur.' f. 130. 14. 'The Sleeper.' f. 133. 15. 'Ding Dong' [1890?]. A fragment, f. 136b.

ff. 1-22; ‘Out of the deep,’ for a soprano solo and chorus, with symphonies and accompaniment for flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, horns, drums, harp, and strings, in score [by Arthur Goring Thomas]. Autograph. Performed at St. James's Hall in 1878. With a rough draft (in Add MS 36742) of the pianoforte score of the same. Exercises in 4-part harmony, by Arthur Goring Thomas. Autograph, Excercises in 4-part harmony, by Arthur Goring Thomas. Autograph. (1877) Paper folio.Two written on themes given originally at the 'Concours' [Paris], in 1849 and 1854. Probably composed in 1873-1875, when he was a student, ff. 137, 137b.

DUETSff. 30-80b; Portions of Duets, some of them only sketched, in score, by Arthur Goring Thomas. Autograph. Nos. 2-4 were composed about 1890. Nos. 1-3, 6, are in full score, the instruments employed including flutes, oboes, clarinets, strings, and others mentioned below. Nos. 1-5 are in Add MS 36740; no. 6 in Add MS 36741.

1. Duet known as 'Sous les étoiles,' begins 'La Chaleur du jour est calmée' [1880]; with bassoons, etc. The pencil sketches on ff. 22b-28b appear also to refer to this. f. 30. 2. 'Night Hymn at sea'; with horns, trumpets, trombones, harp, drums, etc. f. 42. 3. 'Amours Villageois'; with horns, cornets, harp, triangle, drums, etc. f. 48. 4. 'L'Aurore' [1891]; the voice-parts only, in score. Partly in duplicate. ff. 70, 76. 5. 'Toi, ô mon âme;' with pianoforte accompaniment. Dedicated to Mme. Melba and Mons. Lassalle. ff. 77-80b. 6. 'L'Aurore'; with bassoons, horns, cornets, corno Inglese, trombones, drums, harp, etc. '1891.' ff. 31-56.

f. 85 'Jephthah's Daughter': scene for mezzo soprano, with accompaniment for strings and harp. December, 1880. By Arthur Goring Thomas autograph. Words by Lord Byron. [c 1892]