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MS Mus. 1738/4
- Record Id:
- 040-002355768
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016913
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x0000df
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1738/4
- Title:
- Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Incidental Music
- Scope & Content:
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- ff. 1-218. Incidental music and playscript for The Pretenders by Henrik Ibsen, words adapted by Peter Haworth, for soprano solo, male chorus, woodwind, brass and percussion; 1965. Autograph score, in ink (ff. 1-34); photocopy of autograph score (ff. 35-74); set of autograph parts, in pencil (ff. 75-142); additional set parts for no. 19, in the hand of a copyist (ff. 143-165); typescript playscript, with timings added in pencil (ff. 166-218). Presented by Angela Simpson in 2000.
- ff. 219-227. Incidental music to John Milton's Samson Agonistes, adapted and directed by Basil Ashmore, for brass and percussion; 1974. Score, in pencil. Annotated by the composer ‘12.45 p.m. 19.viii.74 at Chearsley’. Signed on folio 227v by Basil Ashmore and the performers, including Raffaelo Torre, A.B. Watts, R.G. Watts, R. Maycock and Tony Steadman. Presented by Angela Simpson in 2000
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016913
040-002355768 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1738 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts
MS Mus. 1738/4 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts: Incidental Music - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016913[0004]/040-002355768
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1738
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (227 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1965
- End Date:
- 1974
- Date Range:
- 1965-1974
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Theoriginal copy of ff. 35-74 with ms. annotations was produced on heat-sensitivepaper. For preservation reasons, in thebound volume it has been replaced with colour photocopies. The original copy ishoused in the box with the bound volume.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by Angela Simpson in 2000.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Ashmore, Basil, theatre director, 1915-1998
Haworth, Peter, writer, fl 1965
Ibsen, Henrik, dramatist, 1828-1906
Milton, John, poet, 1608-1674
Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick, composer and musicologist, 1921-1997 - Subjects:
- Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Pretenders
Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Samson Agonistes