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MS Mus. 1213

Record Id:
040-002897845
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002897820
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100024112163.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1213
Title:
Rosemary Brown Collection: Various composers
Scope & Content:

Manuscripts of piano music purportedly received by Rosemary Brown from the spirits of the following deceased composers.

1. ff. 1-45v. Bach

  • i. ff. 1-4. Prelude in E flat minor. Dated 24 Nov. 1966 (f. 1).
  • ii. ff. 5-5v. Prelude in A flat, for harpsichord. Dated 3 Jan. 1967 (f. 5).
  • iii. ff. 6-8v. Two Part Invention. Dated 6 Jan. 1967 (f. 6).
  • iv. ff. 9-10. MS on verso Liszt Swan at Twilight MS, for organ (?). Sketch in book with Liszt Waltz Impromptu. Dated Oct. 1966 (f. 9).
  • f. 10v. Short Voluntary. Dated 20 Jan. 1967 (f. 10v).
  • v. ff. 11-12v. Prelude in G sharp minor. ‘In a new mode’. Dated 2 Feb. 1967 (f. 11).
  • vi. ff. 13-14v. Courante. Dated 11 April 1967 (f. 12).
  • vii. ff. 15-15v. Sarabande. Dated 18 Aug. 1968 (f. 15).
  • viii. ff. 16-16v. Allemande, for Gina. Dated 29 April 1969 (f. 16).
  • ix. f. 17. Liszt, MS incomplete in pencil.
  • x. f. 18. Untitled piece, in pencil. n.d.
  • ff. 1v-19v. Untitled piece, in biro. Dated 22 Oct. 1971 (f. 19).
  • xi. ff. 20-33. Suite for Cello. Dated 1981 (f. 20). Copyists' version only.
  • xii. ff. 34-35v. Prelude in E minor. Dated 20 Aug. 1982 (f. 34).
  • xiii. f36. Prelude, for organ. Dated 21 May 1981 (f. 36).
  • xiv. ff. 37-38. Piece for organ. Dated 11 June 1984 (f. 37).
  • xv. f. 38v. For cello. Dated 4 July 1984 (f. 37v).
  • xvi. ff. 39-43. Untitled, incomplete, with possible organ pedal point. Dated 4 Dec. 1984 (f. 39).
  • xvii. f. 44. Fugue in E minor. n.d.
  • xviii. f. 45. Fugue for 3 Voices. n.d. [1966?].
  • xix. f. 45v. Untitled sketches.

2. ff. 46-69. Debussy

  • i. ff. 46-47v. Danse Exotique. n.d. [Dated 21 May 1965.] Published in ‘Music From Other Spheres’, Volume 1, 1990.
  • ii. f. 48. The Little Brook. Dated 6 April 1967 (f. 48).
  • iii. ff. 49-55v. April Blossoms in the Rain. Dated 22 April 1967 (f. 51). Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 5, 1991.
  • iv. ff. 56-56v. Le Paon. Dated 15 Oct. 1967 (f. 56).
  • v. ff. 57-60v. La Caverne. Dated Aug. 1976 (f. 57). Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres, Volume 5, 1991.
  • vi. ff. 61-65v. Fragment. Dated 22 Nov. 1979 (f. 61.) Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 5, 1991. [Date of publication incorrect.]
  • vii. ff. 66-69. Echoes. Dated Dec. 1979 (f. 66v).

3. ff. 70-73v. Delius; Morceau pour oboe, for oboe and piano. Dated 21 March 1984 (f. 70).

4. ff. 74-75v. Fields, Gracie; Song for the World. Dated 5 Oct. 1979 (f. 74).

5. ff. 76-78v. Gershwin; Golden Wagon, for voice and piano. n.d.

6. ff. 79-80. Grainger; Whistling Willie's Medley. Dated 11 Aug. 1987 (f. 79v). Incomplete.

7. ff. 81-82v. Greig

  • i. ff. 81-81v. Shepherd Piping. Dated 21 May 1969 (f. 81).
  • ii. ff. 82-82v. A Song of Childhood. n.d. Published in ‘Piano Pieces for Children of All Ages’, 1980. See also Greig. ff.249v-250. A Song of Childhood. Dated 4 Nov. 1977 (f.249v) in MS Mus. 1207 (19) above.

8. ff. 83-118. Handel; Psalm 142, for organ and soprano or alto. Dated 10 Oct. 1975 (f. 99). Last page MS "Where is the end?"

9. f. 119. Haydn; Bagatelle. n.d. Unfinished fragment, 21 bars, probably 1980s.

10. ff. 120-170v. Lennon

  • i. ff. 120-131. Look Beyond Today. Dated 2 Jan. 1986 (f. 125). f. 120. Text. Dated 1985 (f. 120).
  • ii. f. 132. Untitled. Dated 1 May. 1986, (. ^).
  • iii. ff. 133-139. Life is Like a Journey. Dated 19 May 1986 (f. 133).
  • iv. ff. 140-141v. If Only I Could Take. Dated 21 July 1986 (f. 140).
  • v. ff. 142-145. I Don't Know How It Happened. Dated 20 Aug. 1986 (f. 143).
  • vi. ff. 146-147v. All I Want To Be. Dated 4 Nov. 1986 (f. 146).
  • vii. ff. 148-152v. Far Beyond. Dated 2 Aug. 1986 (f. 150).
  • viii. ff. 153-161. Love is All There Is. n.d. [Possibly June 1985.]
  • ix. ff. 162-167. Just Turn Away. n.d. Possibly 1986.
  • x. f. 168. Why can’t everyone be happy. n.d.
  • xi. ff. 169-170v. Miscellaneous song lists. n.d.

11. ff. 171-189. Mozart.

  • i. ff. 171-172. Rondo. Dated 18 Jan. 1971 (f. 171). B. Ramsey copyist version exists.
  • ii. ff. 173-183. Piano Concerto. Dated Nov. 1976 (f. 173). Incomplete, 2 movements in short score.
  • iii. ff. 184-188v. Larghetto. Dated 20 Jan. 1983 (f. 184). Published in ‘Music from Other Spheres’, Volume 5, 1994. One MS marked ‘Adagio’, the other ‘Largetto’.
  • iv. f. 189. Rondo. Dated 3 March 1983 (f. ^).

12. ff. 190-191v. Skriabin; Moment d'espoir. Dated 27 July 1969 (f. 190v). Incomplete, with unattributed sketches ff. 190r and 191v.

13. ff. 192-195v. Stravinsky; Revenant in A flat minor. Dated 30 April 1972 (f. 192).

14. ff. 196-196v. Tchaikovsky; F sharp minor. n.d. Incomplete fragment.

15. ff. 197-204. Strauss, R; Various untitled sketches. Dated 15 Sept. 1977 (f. 203).

16. ff. 205-207. Waller, Thomas, ‘Fats’; Henrietta. n.d.

17. ff. 208-243v. Anon

i. ff. 208-209v. Hymn of Remembrance. Dated 1 Jan. 1967 (f. 208).

ii. f. 210. Sonata. Dated 16 July 1968 (f. 210).

iii. ff. 211-212v. Unititle. Dated 14 March 1969 (f. 211).

iv. ff. 213-214. The Clock Shop. Dated 1977 (f. 213). Intended for Children’s Album, evidently rejected.

v. f. 215. Pebble Mill. Dated 23 April 1979 (f. 215).

vi. f. 216. Untitled. Dated 11 Feb. 1982 (f. 216).

vii. f. 217. Untitled. Dated 22 Feb. 1986 (f. 217).

viii. f. 218. Piece in G minor. Dtaed 23 March 1989 (f. 218).

ix. f. 219. Piece in A flat minor. Dated 2 Aug. 1992 (f. 219).

x. f. 220. Untitled piece. Dated 8 Dec. 1996. (f. 220).

xi. f. 221. Untitled piece in F minor. Dated 31 Dec. 1996 (f. 221). Fragment. Last dated sketch.

xii. ff. 222-223v. Impromptu, from Suite: Leaves of Music. Dated 17 Oct. 1950, f. 223v.

xiii. ff. 224-225v. Largo. n.d. Possibly for organ.

xiv. f. 226. Untitled piece for string quartet. n.d.

xv. f. 227. Untitled piece. n.d. [90p in pencil]

xvi. f. 228. Bagatelle. n.d.

xvii. f. 229. Untitled piece. n.d. (Twice)

xviii. f. 230. Untitled piece. n.d. (Intro.)

xix. f. 231. Untitled piece marked, ‘for organ’. n.d.

xx. f. 232. Untitled piece, marked ‘Second movement’. n.d.

xxi. f. 233. Untitled piece. n.d. [15]

xxii. f. 234. Untitled piece. n.d. [page 5]

xxiii. f. 235-236v. Étude in G minor with pencil sketch for a piece in A minor (f.236v). n.d.

xxiv. ff. 237-241v. Psalm 47. n.d.

xxv. ff. 242-243v. She dreams as the breeze stirs. n.d.

Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002897820
040-002897845
Is part of:
MS Mus. 1207-1213 : Rosemary Brown Collection: manuscripts of piano music purportedly received from the spirits of deceased composers by Rosemary Brown

 

MS Mus. 1213 : Rosemary Brown Collection: Various composers
Hierarchy:
032-002897820[0007]/040-002897845
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Record Type (Level):
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Extent:
1 volume (243 folios)
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Languages:
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Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1978
End Date:
1991
Date Range:
1978-1991
Era:
CE
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Largest size 345 x 260mm.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
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Names:
Brown, Rosemary Isabel, née Dickeson, musical medium and pianist, 1916-2001