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Add MS 47907 A
- Record Id:
- 040-002104341
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104329
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000286
- LARK:
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 47907 A
- Title:
- Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 13
- Scope & Content:
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Op. 53-op. 67. As follows:-
ff. 1-4. Rough sketches of the part-songs, op. 53, nos. 1, 3, 4. Composed in Rome, Feb. 1907 (Kennedy, op. cit., p. 288)-1908. Published by Novello, 1908. As follows:- (a) No. 1, 'There is Sweet Music'. ff. 2v-3;-(b) No. 3, 'O Wild West Wind'. ff. 2, 3v;- (c) No. 4, 'Owls', called 'In a wood'. Dated 'Ed Elgar Roma 1908'. f. 4.
ff. 6-19. 'The Reveille', op. 54, part-song for male voices, to words by B. Harte. Composed in Rome in 1907. Published by Novello, 1908. Incomplete drafts and sketches beginning with Elgar's page 5, in open score.
ff. 20-130. Symphony in A flat, op. 55. Composed between June 1907-Sept. 1908. Published by Novello, 1908. As follows:- (a) First movement. Large sketches (ff. 21-27v) dated (f. 21) 'Rome Dec 3 1907' and miscellaneous sketches (ff. 28-61v). Dedication (f. 31), 'To Hans Richter. Symphony I Rome Via Gregoriana 38/p3 Dec. 1907'. F. 58v is dated 'End of First movemt. 1908'. ff. 21-61v;- (b) Second movement, 'Scherzo'. Large sketches (ff. 62-66v) and (ff. 67-75) miscellaneous sketches. ff. 62-75;- (c) Third movement, 'Adagio'. Large sketches (ff. 76-79v), described (f. 76) as 'Fair copy Sketch for orchestration', and miscellaneous sketches (ff. 80-88). Rough sketch of part of the second movement on f. 78v. F. 87, dated at the top 'Sunday 21 Augt.', contains the new theme at the end of the Adagio in double time and a tone lower than the final version; the end of this sketch is annotated '("The rest is silence") Edward Elgar: 1908'. Rough sketch for Scene 1 of 'The Kingdom' on f. 87v. Plan of the third movement on f. 88. ff. 76-88;- (d) Finale. Numbered sketches and drafts (ff. 89-109) and miscellaneous. sketches (ff. 110-130). Sketch for 'The Kingdom', Scene 3, on f. 114. ff. 89-130.
ff. 131-136. 'The River', op. 60, no. 2, song with piano accompaniment to words by 'Pietro d'Alba' (see Kennedy, op. cit., p. 288) translated from an East European folksong. Composed in Feb. 1910. Published by Novello, 1910. Draft of the whole song.
ff. 137-141. 'O Hearken thou', op. 64, offertory composed for the Coronation of King George V, 22 June 1911. Published by Novello, 1911. Rough sketches of the opening.
ff. 142-158. Coronation March, op. 65. Composed 1902-May 1911 and first performed at the Coronation of King George V, 22 June 1911. Published by Novello, 1911. Notebook, stamped (f. 154v) '16 Jun 1911', containing a condensed score (ff. 144-154v) of the whole march made by Elgar for use as a conducting score at the Coronation by Sir Frederick Bridge, organist of Westminster Abbey, 'to avoid using a cumbrous full score' (f. 143). One folio of rough sketch at f. 158.
ff. 159-168. 'Great is the Lord', op. 67. Composed between Aug. 1910 and March 1912. Published by Novello, 1912. Rough draft.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104329
040-002104341 - Is part of:
- Add MS 47900-47908 : Edward Elgar: Sketches and drafts of musical compositions
Add MS 47907 A : Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 13 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104329[0012]/040-002104341
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 47900-47908
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (168 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1902
- End Date:
- 1912
- Date Range:
- 1902-1912
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Names:
- Elgar, Edward William, 1st Baronet, composer, 1857-1934,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012102494X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76499978