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Add MS 50223
- Record Id:
- 040-002083488
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002083471
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001308.0x0001f7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 50223
- Title:
- William Baines: Later piano works, etc., 1921-1922
- Scope & Content:
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(1) ‘Twilight Pieces'; 23 July-21 Sept. 1921. Nos. 2 and 3, with a string quartet arrangement of no. 2 and an orchestral arrangement of no. 3. Published 1923. The manuscript of no. 1 is in the Library of Congress. ff. 1-16b;- (2) 'Poème de Concert' for piano and 'Poem' for piano and orchestra, both arranged from the finale of the F sharp minor piano sonata; 2 Sept. 1921. Followed (ff. 56-64b) by a nocturne for piano arranged from the slow movement of the same sonata. ff. 17-64b;- (3) 'Prelude-Filigree'; 4 Jan. 1922. ff. 65b-66;- (4) 'Christians Awake'. Arranged for two pianos. ff. 67-70b;- (5) Andante in D major for string quartet. Rewritten from the E major string quartet. ff. 71-82;- (6) 'Pictures of Light'; 21 Dec. 1921. Published 1927. ff. 83-88b;- (7) 'A Last Sheaf'; 20 May 1921-25 Jan. 1922. Published 1930. ff. 89-96b;- (8) Seven short pieces performed as preludes, see R. Carpenter, op. cit., p. 123; 20 Apr. 1921-20 Mar. 1922. ff. 97-111b.
On folio 69 is an extract from a memorandum by Major-General Vesey Dawson, 1905.
Folios 85-86 were copied by the pianist Frederick Dawson, circa 1922.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Europeana Collections 1914-1918 - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002083471
036-002083482
040-002083488 - Is part of:
- Add MS 50211-50238 : William Baines: Correspondence, music and literary papers
Add MS 50218-50223 : William Baines: Later piano works
Add MS 50223 : William Baines: Later piano works, etc., 1921-1922 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002083471[0004]/036-002083482[0006]/040-002083488
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 50211-50238
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (111 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_50223 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1921
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 1921-1922
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- | ff. 17-82, 97-111 © The William Baines Estate. Reproduced with permission of the Trustees of the William Baines Estate | Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution
- Custodial History:
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ff. 85-86 Robert Keys, pianist: Presented, in 1960. || ff. 17-82, 97-111 © The William Baines Estate. Reproduced with permission of the Trustees of the William Baines Estate | Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Baines, William, pianist and composer, 1899-1922
Dawson, Frederick, pianist and teacher, 1868-1940
Dawson, Vesey John, army officer, 1853-1930
Keys, Robert, pianist