Add MS 46863

ETHEL SMYTH COLLECTION. Vol. XXIV (ff. 74). Drafts and sketches; circ. 1877-1930. Arranged chronologically so far as possible, followed by miscellaneous fragments (ff. 33-74b) mostly unidentified. The dates given are those of publication unless otherwise stated. As follows:-(1) 'Tragi- Komische Overture', n.d. [Leipzig period]. Sketch in short score. ff. 1-2b;-(2) Early string quartet in E flat; 1882-1884 (Florentine paper). Sketch of third movement (cf. Add. MS. 46858, f. 76b). f. 3;-(3) String quintet, op. 1; 1884. Sketches for the second movement. f. 5;-(4) Sonata for 'cello and piano, op. 5; 1887. 'Cello part of the slow movement. ff. 6b-7;-(5) Mass in D; 1893. Corrections to the percussion parts, etc. ff. 8-9, 13b;-(6) 'The Wreckers'; 1906, revised 1916. Sketch for 'Your secret I can guess', fair copy of 'When the weary husband slumbers,'etc., and list, dated 24 April 1922, of 'Alterations Wreckers Score-(in Coign Parts!)'. ff. 10-12;-(7) 'The Boatswain's Mate'; 1915. 'List of corrections for Set 3 (at Curwens)'. f. 13;-(8) 'Fête Galante'; 1923. Note of 'Improved Scoring' for the Sarabande, etc. ff. 14, 14b;-(9) 'Entente Cordiale'; 1925. Sketches mainly for the Intermezzo and following scene. ff. 15-20;-(10) Concerto for violin and horn; 1928. Sketches for the first, second and ? third movements. ff. 17, 21-27b;-(ll) 'The Prison'; 1930. Sketches for the passage from fig. 35 to fig. 42 of the vocal score published by J. Curwen & Sons, 1930, for the opening of Part II (based on the choral prelude, 'Schwing dich auf zu deinem Gott', cf. Add. MS. 46860, ff. 24-25b) and for fig.

103. ff. 28-32b;-(12) Miscellaneous fragments including:-(a) Scherzo and Trio in C minor. Piano score. ff. 38, 38b;-(b) Piece for string trio in E flat. ff. 43-47;-(c) Piece for solo horn and orchestra in E flat. Sketch in short score. ff. 50-53;-(d) Scherzo in G minor. Copy of first clarinet part (the same movement as the second of the quartet in E flat, Add. MS. 46858, ff. 67-76). ff. 62-65.