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MS Mus. 1738/7/7
- Record Id:
- 040-002355965
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002016913
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000827.0x000188
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1738/7/7
- Title:
- Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 15 and 16
- Scope & Content:
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- ff. 1-8. String quartet no. 15; 1991. Score, in pencil. Annotated ‘23.iv.91’ at the beginning of the score and ‘12.55 p.m. 8.vi.91 at Killelton’ at the end. Dedicated to the Vanburgh Quartet.
- ff. 9-10. ‘String Quartet no. 15’ [a different piece from the above]; n.d.. Incomplete score, in pencil. A bifolium sheet containing 27 bars of a work for string quartet. On the front is written, in the composer’s hand, ‘R S. S.Q 15’.
- ff. 11-12. String quartet no. 16; 1997. Computer printout of Robert Simpson’s final, incomplete, string quartet. Comprises 20 bars of music only.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002016913
036-002355775
040-002355965 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1738 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts
MS Mus. 1738/7 : Robert Simpson Manuscripts: String Quartets
MS Mus. 1738/7/7 : Robert Simpson: String quartets nos. 15 and 16 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002016913[0007]/036-002355775[0007]/040-002355965
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1738
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (12 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1991
- End Date:
- 1997
- Date Range:
- 1991-1997
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Source of Acquisition:
- String Quartets nos. 15 (1991 version) and 16 were presented by Angela Simpson in 2000. The fragment of the other work entitled String Quartet no. 15 was presented by the Robert Simpson Society in 2006.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Simpson, Robert Wilfred Levick, composer and musicologist, 1921-1997
Vanburgh Quartet, 1985- - Subjects:
- Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Quartets, strings, no. 15
Simpson, Robert, 1921-1997. Quartets, strings, no. 16