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MS Mus. 1774/3/5
- Record Id:
- 040-002919767
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002899097
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100025532681.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1774/3/5
- Title:
- Richard Arnell: 'Con Amore' (Op. 160); 'Love Lives Beyond' (Op. 173); 'Xanadu' (Op. 175)
- Scope & Content:
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- 1. ff. 1-37. 'Con Amore', Op. 160. Four songs: 'The Summer is Coming' (words by Bryan Guinness); 'Vowels' (words derived from the chapter on 'Voice', Oxford Companion to Music); 'Never Seek' (words by William Blake); 'Love' (words by Jessie Page). Autograph score, for female voices and piano: four settings, in blue and black ink (dated 1989-1990). A title-sheet, in Arnell's hand, records that the work was 'commissioned in association with East Midland Arts for the Cantamus Girls Choir, 1988.' Also included, 3 photocopy sheets (A3) of the autograph score of 'Never Seek to Tell Thy Love' (Op. 29, 1943), revised in pencil to form the present score. For Op. 29, see MS Mus. 1774/3/1.
- 2. ff. 38-50. 'Love Lies Beyond', Op. 173. Words: John Clare. Autograph score for voice and piano, black ink, dated 14 January 1993, signed 'Rufus'. Under the name 'Rufus', the setting was entered in a Song-Writing Competition held by The English Poetry & Song Society for the John Clare Bi-Centenary (1793-1993). The file includes the competition rules. Also, pencil sketch material. See also the score in 'Three Romantics' (Op. 190), MS Mus. 1774/3/7.
- 3. ff. 51-131. 'Xanadu', Op. 175. Words: from Samuel Taylor Coleridge. For chorus, keyboard and percussion. Autograph full score (black ink, pencil, white correction fluid, 420 x 305 mm), title-page and pp. 1-27. Signed and dated at the end of the work: Benhall, Suffolk, 12 March 1993. With pencil sketch material in a music manuscript notebook and also on separate folios of different sizes. Commissioned by Harlow Chorus for the Eastern Arts Board (1992). Premiere: Ely Cathedral, 24 April 1993. For related correspondence and concert poster, see MS Mus. 1774/8/13.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002899097
036-002919739
040-002919767 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1774 : Richard Arnell Collection
MS Mus. 1774/3 : Richard Arnell: Vocal Works
MS Mus. 1774/3/5 : Richard Arnell: 'Con Amore' (Op. 160); 'Love Lives Beyond' (Op. 173); 'Xanadu' (Op. 175) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002899097[0003]/036-002919739[0005]/040-002919767
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1774
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
131 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1989
- End Date:
- 1993
- Date Range:
- 1989-1993
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 2001/10 ('Xanadu' score only).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Blake, William, poet, engraver, artist, 1757-1827
Clare, John, poet, 1793-1864
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, poet and philosopher, 1772-1834
Guinness, Bryan Walter, 2nd Baron Moyne, lawyer, poet and writer, 1905-1992