Add MS 50480

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. CXX (ff. 89). (1) 'How can the tree but wither', for mezzo-soprano or baritone and orchestra; circa 1896. Words by Thomas Vaux, 2nd Lord Vaux. Full score. Autograph. First performed at a Magpie Madrigal Society concert, 5 June 1907. Vocal score published 1934. Kennedy, 1982, p. 10. See also Add. MS. 65188, ff. 1-2v. ff. 1-8;- (2) 'Orpheus with his lute', for soprano and small orchestra; composed 1902. Words by William Shakespeare. Full score of the G major version. Autograph. First performed, with piano accompaniment, at the Bechstein Hall, London, 2 Dec. 1904. Vocal score of the F major version published 1903. Kennedy, 1982, p. 21. ff. 9-12b;- (3) 'I have trod the upward and the downward slope', intended to be no. 9 of 'Songs of Travel'. Vocal score. Copy, with autograph additions. First published 1960. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 27-9. ff. 13-14;- (4) 'Motion and stillness', for voice and piano; 'July 16th 1922' (f. 15). Words by Fredegond Shove. Vocal score. Autograph. First performed at the Aeolian Hall, London, 27 Mar. 1925. Published 1925. Kennedy, 1982, p. 111. f. 15;- (5) 'The Jolly Carter', arranged for voice and orchestra. Rough full score. Autograph. ff. 16-19b;- (6) Carol settings, mostly autograph, including:- (a) 'The Angel Gabriel'. Printed proof and imperfect autograph four-part choral arrangement. First published in Twelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire, 1920. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 85-7. ff. 20-24;- (b) Six-part choral settings of 'Down in yon Forest', 'On Christmas Night' and 'All in the Morning', the last imperfect. See also Add. MS. 71484, art. 3. See Kennedy, 1982, pp. 83-4.

ff. 25-32b;- (c) 'The First Nowell', set with string accompaniment. Fragment. ff. 33, 34b;- (d) Carol tunes including 'All you that are to mirth inclined', 'All in the morning', 'Jacob's Well', and 'Down in yon Forest', with words. ff. 35-35b;- (7) 'Six English Folk Songs', for voice and piano. Vocal score. Mostly autograph. Partly printed. Published 1935. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 161-2. ff. 36-46;- (8) 'Three Old German Songs', 'Abschied', 'Wanderlied', and 'Der Morgenstern', arranged for voice and piano. Vocal score. German. Partly autograph. The first two published 1937. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 17-18. ff. 47-52;- (9) 'The New Commonwealth', song for unison voices with orchestral accompaniment, adapted from the Prelude to the music for the film '49th Parallel'. Words by Harold Child. Full score. Autograph. Vocal score published 1943. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 178-80. ff. 53-59;- (10) 'Hymn for St. Margaret', song for unison voices with piano or organ accompaniment; Jan. or Feb. 1948. Typewritten words by Ursula Wood. Two vocal scores, one autograph, one a copy with autograph additions. Published 1950. Kennedy, 1982, p. 196. ff. 60-65;- (11) 'Is it nothing to you' al. 'O vos omnes', unaccompanied motet for chorus and alto. Vocal score of the English version. Autograph. First performed in Westminster Cathedral, 13 Apr. 1922. English version published 1950. See also Add. MS. 52620, ff. 7-13. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 97-8. ff. 66-71b;-

(12) 'In the spring', for voice and piano. Words by William Barnes. Vocal score. Autograph. Published 1952. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 222-3. Presented by the Shaftesbury Museum from the Barnes Society Collection. ff. 72-75;- (13) 'The Vagabond', no. 1 of 'Songs of Travel', arranged for unaccom-panied male chorus. Vocal score. Autograph. Published 1952. Kennedy, 1982, pp. 27-9. ff. 76-81b;- (14) 'God bless the master', arranged for unaccompanied chorus. Vocal score. Autograph. Published 1956. Kennedy, 1982, p. 243. ff. 82-87;- (15) 'The Willow Whistle', for treble voice and pipe; n.d. Words by M. E. Fuller. Kennedy, 1982, p. 177. ff. 88-89.

Large folio.