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MS Mus. 1757/1

Record Id:
040-003378091
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003378082
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100046163790.0x000001
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 1757/1
Title:
Michael Tippett: Miscellaneous music manuscripts
Scope & Content:

Music manuscript material, largely autograph, of varying provenance:

  • (ff. 1-2) 'Afternoon Tea' [1929]. Autograph setting for voice and piano, words by Charlotte Mew. Black ink (1 bifolium), signed.
  • (ff. 3-4) 'Robin Hood's Song' (1936). Autograph score for voice and piano. Black ink (1 bifolium). Inscribed on front page: 'for Stella / Christmas 1936 / from Michael'. Noted at the foot of the final page: 'from the children's opera "Robin Hood"'. The manuscript was found tipped inside the score of Symphony No. 1 (MS Mus. 1757/2).
  • (ff. 5-6) Concert programme for a performance of Robin Hood (by David Pennyless and Michael Tippett) given by New Malden Co-operative Musical Society at St. James' Church-Hall, Martin Way, Merton, 30 Mar 1940.
  • (ff. 7-8) Undated autograph letter from Tippett to 'Rusty' (copyist) regarding ff. 9-10 ('Fantasy Sonata').
  • (ff. 9-10) Piano Sonata No. 1 ('Fantasy'). The first page of music in two formats, lettered 'A' and 'B' in red pencil on the versos. Autograph, black ink. Both signed with annotations on the verso. Dedication on both to: Francesca Allison. Copyright 1941 by Schott & Co. Ltd.
  • (ff. 11-31) A Child of Our Time. Choral part (manuscript copy), black ink [1944]. Title-page and pp. 1-35 (Nos. 1-17, choruses only). Together with copies of manuscript copies for Nos. 19 and 25.
  • (ff. 32-6) Anthem: Plebs Angelica. Autograph score, black ink, signed. Outer bifolium and pp. 1-6. 'For the choir of Canterbury Cathedral / Jan. 1944'.
  • (ff. 37-70) Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli. 'Commissioned for the Edinburgh Festival of 1953'. Autograph full score, black ink and pencil, signed. Title-page and pp. 1-63. Includes revised part on single stave (f. 62).
  • (ff. 71-91) Piano Sonata No. 3. Movements 1-3 (Schott), ownership signature of Paul Crossley on each (1972-73). 1st movement inscribed by Tippett: 'To Paul after the magnificent first performance (from memory!) at the Bath Festival 1973'. Pencil annotations throughout.
  • (ff. 92-114) Piano Sonata No. 4. Incomplete copy manuscript, 3rd and 4th movements. Outer bifolium (with note in red ink addressed to Paul [Crossley]) enclosing pp. 1-11, and pp. 35-64. Black ink, annotations in pencil and in red ink.
  • (ff. 115-6) Two pencil sketch leaves (one annotated in red ink) for The Mask of Time (1984).
  • (f. 117) One pencil sketch leaf for setting of Shelley, 'The Triumph of Life' from The Mask of Time. Notated in short score with words for tenor.
  • (f. 118) Pencil sketch leaf for New Year (1989). Signed in black ink.
  • (f. 119) Pencil sketch leaf (work unidentified).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Project / Collection:
Music Manuscripts
Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003378082
040-003378091
Is part of:
MS Mus. 1757 : Michael Tippett: Miscellaneous Manuscripts and Related Material

 

MS Mus. 1757/1 : Michael Tippett: Miscellaneous music manuscripts
Hierarchy:
032-003378082[0001]/040-003378091
Container:
View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1757
Record Type (Level):
File
Extent:
1 vol. (119 ff.)
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1929
End Date:
1989
Date Range:
1929-1989
Era:
CE
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Former Internal References:
f. 117 Mus. Dep. 2015/47
f. 118 Mus. Dep. 2004/02
f. 119 Mus. Dep. 2004/07
ff 7-10 Mus. Dep. 2002/02
ff. 1-2 Mus. Dep. 2008/21
ff. 11-31 Mus. Dep. 2004/22
ff. 115-6 Mus. Dep. 2005/16
ff. 3-4 Mus. Dep. 2004/18
ff. 32-6 Mus. Dep. 2011/18
ff. 37-70 Mus. Dep. 2002/27
ff. 5-6 Mus. Dep. 2004/22
ff. 71-114 Mus. Dep. 2005/20
Source of Acquisition:

ff. 1-2 purchased from Otto Haas, 24 Aug 2008; ff. 3-4 purchased from the Tippett Foundation, 14 Jun 2004; ff. 5-6 donated by L. George Green, 24 Jun 2004; ff. 7-10 purchased from A. Morris, 2 Mar 2002; ff. 11-31 donated by L. George Green, 24 Jun 2004; ff. 32-6 donated by Louis Brillard, 12 Aug 2011; ff. 37-70 purchased from Otto Haas, 20 Nov 2002; ff. 71-114 purchased from Lisa Cox Music, 23 May 2005; ff. 115-6 purchased from Christopher Salt, 16 May 2005; f. 117 purchased from Sotheby's 7 Dec 2015, lot 192; f. 118 purchased from Lisa Cox Music (catalogue 44; no. 29), 7 Jan 2004; f. 119 purchased from Lisa Cox Music, 17 Mar 2004.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Mew, Charlotte Mary, writer, 1869-1928
Tippett, Michael Kemp, Knight, composer; pseudonym David Michael Pennyless, 1905-1998