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MS Mus. 1747/2/1/2
- Record Id:
- 040-003380447
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002024135
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100048483008.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1747/2/1/2
- Title:
- Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Writings on music. Scripts for broadcasts and talks
- Scope & Content:
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Typescripts with some proofs and hand-written manuscripts for broadcasts, talks or lectures on music.
1. ff. 1-11. '12-Tone Music in England'.
2. ff. 13-33. '12-Note Music'. Handwritten plans and draft. For the Extra-Mural Department of Birmingham University.
3. ff. 34-40. [Schoenberg’s style and idea], 1951. For Music Magazine, BBC Home Service, 29 April 1951: 11.30 http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/41b5030fc169462b98e01809fa24af6d.
4. ff. 41-54. 'Modern Composers and their Methods: No. 1, Schoenberg'. Broadcast 15 January 1956. Script for radio broadcast, by Humphrey Searle, pre-recorded 9 January 1956 to be broadcast on the Third Programme Sunday 15 January. [Broadcast as 'Modern Composing Methods'. http://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2b01a7bce2024240b54f0a8a274be63d].
5. ff. 55-58. 'Webern’s Chamber Music' (Music Magazine), 31 March 1963.
6. ff. 59-62. 'Webern’s Vocal Works' (Music Magazine), 28 April 1963.
7. ff. 63-67. 'The Songs of Alban Berg' (Music Magazine), broadcast 20 October 1963.
8. ff. 68-74. 'Composer’s Portrait: Humphrey Searle', broadcast 26 January 1966, 15.30.
9. ff. 75-79. 'Berg’s Lulu' (Music Magazine), broadcast 19 October 1969.
10. ff. 80-88. 'The Legacy of Webern' (Music Magazine), broadcast 27 September 1970. Including a proof of this text in preparation for publication as an article 'Webern and his Musical Legacy'.
11. ff. 89-96. 'Schoenberg and the Orchestra' (Music Magazine), 14 February 1971.
12. ff. 97-102. 'Modern Music: Static or Dynamic?', 11 April 1971.
13. ff. 103-108. 'Some Thoughts on Modern Opera', broadcast 31 May 1971.
14. ff. 109-121. 'Musical Curiosities'. Recorded 19 December 1972; broadcast 1 April 1973.
15. ff. 122-128. 'The Symphony 12 – The Symphonic Crisis', broadcast 2 January 1974, 19.30.
16. f. 129. 'A Question of Mirrors – Michael Ayrton – Link 5'. See Add MS 71819-71820C 1975-1977.
17. ff. 130-154. 'The mind of Arnold Schoenberg'. With Searle's annotations. Probably a radio talk; referred to by Searle in a letter (photocopied under MS Mus. 1747/2/4/2/3, University of Southern California file, as 'my Library of Congress talk').
18. ff. 155-161. 'Schoenberg Today'. Typescript with corrections in Searle's hand.'Talk at the preview of the opening of the Arnold Schoenberg Institute' at USC Stanford. Mentioned in 'Quadrille with a raven', chapter 18, according to which it opened in February 1977.
19. ff. 162-166. 'Three or Four Romantics: Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Schubert […]'. Undated typescript for radio broadcast.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002024135
036-003380434
037-003380435
040-003380447 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1747 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection
MS Mus. 1747/2 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers
MS Mus. 1747/2/1 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Writings on music
MS Mus. 1747/2/1/2 : Supplementary Humphrey Searle Collection. Papers. Writings on music. Scripts for broadcasts and talks - Hierarchy:
- 032-002024135[0002]/036-003380434[0001]/037-003380435[0002]/040-003380447
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1747
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 166 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 1977
- Date Range:
- 1951-1977
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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