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MS Mus. 1747/1/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003376452
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100044186455.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1747/1/2
- Title:
- Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Instrumental and chamber music
- Scope & Content:
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- 1. ff. 1-4r. "Intermezzo", for 11 instruments, op. 8, 1946. Pencil score, autograph. Deposit 2006/02.
- 2. ff. 4v-11. "Ballade", for piano, op. 10, 1947. Pencil score, autograph. Deposit 2006/02.
- 3. f. 12. "Quartet", op. 12, 1948. Fragment. Score in ink. Originally interleaved with score of "Night Music" and the first piano concerto (Ms Mus. 1747/1/1). See Add MS 71732, ff. 1-22. Deposit 97/07.
- 4. ff. 13-16. "Threnos + Toccata for piano, op. 14", 1948. Score in pencil. Deposit 2006/02.
- 5. ff. 17-23. "Passacaglietta in nomine Arnold Schönberg for string quartet", op. 16, 1950. Printed score and parts published by Lengnick (London, 1950), with minimal annotations. With letter by Humphrey Searle noting mistakes in the score; he has corrected the score. Cello part missing.
- 6. ff. 24-27. "Prelude for piano on a theme of Alan Rawsthorne (from the Elegiac Rhapsody)", op. 45, 1965. Deposit 2001/11. Score in ink on transparencies. Autograph. See also Add MS 71731, ff. 48-52.
- 7. ff. 28-47. "Fantasy-toccata for organ, op. 59", 1973. A photocopy of the ink score in Add MS 71731, ff. 76-80, but including the first 24 bars now missing from the original. Pages numbered by Humphrey Searle (in ink, at the foot of the page). With an incomplete set of different photocopies of the same score.
- 8. ff. 48-55. "Five", for guitar solo, op. 61, 1974. Score in ink, autograph, with some annotations in another hand. Deposit 2001/11. See also Add MS. 71825, f. 11.
- 9. ff. 56-74. "Il Penseroso e l'Allegro", for cello and piano, op. 64, 1974. Photocopy of missing ink autograph score with type-written script of Milton’s poem. For autograph pencil draft, see Add MS 71733, ff. 24-33. After Milton. For the Milton Festival 1974 (London, August 1974).
- 10. ff. 75-83. "Three pieces for four horns", op. 72, 1979. "Prelude", "Nocturne" and "Chase". Score in ink, autograph. Deposit 2002/24.
- 11. ff. 84-92. "Three romantic pieces for violin and piano", 1976. Photocopy of violin part only. No op. no. For draft pencil scores see Add MS 71734, ff. 12-28.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024135
036-003376424
040-003376452 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1747 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection
MS Mus. 1747/1 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music
MS Mus. 1747/1/2 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Music. Instrumental and chamber music - Hierarchy:
- 032-002024135[0001]/036-003376424[0003]/040-003376452
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1747
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- i, 92 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1946
- End Date:
- 1976
- Date Range:
- 1946-1976
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 2002/10 except where stated.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Searle, Humphrey. Ballade, piano, op. 10
Searle, Humphrey. Fantasy-toccata for organ
Searle, Humphrey. Five
Searle, Humphrey. Intermezzo, instrumental ensemble
Searle, Humphrey. Passacaglietta in nomine Arnold Schönberg
Searle, Humphrey. Penseroso et l'Allegro
Searle, Humphrey. Pieces, horns (4)
Searle, Humphrey. Prelude on a theme of Alan Rawsthorne
Searle, Humphrey. Romantic pieces
Searle, Humphrey. Threnos and toccata