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MS Mus. 1738/7/1
- Record Id:
- 040-002355776
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016913
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x0000e5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1738/7/1
- Title:
- Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 1 and 3
- Scope & Content:
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- ff. 1-35. String quartet no. 1; 1951-1952. Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘28.iv.52 at Muswell Hill’ at the end of the score. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co., 1954.
- ff. 36-58. String quartet no. 3; 1953-1954. Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘22nd Nov. 1953’ at the beginning of the score and ‘17.x.54. 2.30 p.m. at Muswell Hill’ at the end. With a manuscript note from the composer to a copyist, dated 3 February 1956, giving instructions about preparing performing material from the manuscript (f. 38), and a note in the hand of Lionel Pike, dated 4 November 1985, about the provenance of the manuscript (f. 37). Dedicated to Dorothy Hemming. Published by Alfred Lengnick & Co., 1957. Presented by the composer to Hugh Ottaway and deposited in the Robert Simpson Society Archives by Jane Ottaway.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016913
036-002355775
040-002355776 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1738 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts
MS Mus. 1738/7 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts: String Quartets
MS Mus. 1738/7/1 : Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 1 and 3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016913[0007]/036-002355775[0001]/040-002355776
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1738
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (58 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1954
- Date Range:
- 1951-1954
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by the Robert Simpson Society in 2006.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Hemming, Dorothy, violin and viola player, c 1909-1999
Ottaway, Hugh, writer on musical subjects, 1925-1979
Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick, composer and musicologist, 1921-1997 - Subjects:
- Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Quartets, strings, no. 1
Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Quartets, strings, no. 3