MS Mus. 1808/1/9

Work-book 27: Dated 19 June [1984] - 11 November [1984].

• ff.ii-19v: Sketches for incidental music for Thames TV documentary series 'Crime Inc.', episodes 5 (ff.1-13) and 7 (ff.14-19).
• ff.19v-36: Sketches for 'Memory of C', a piece written following the death of Swayne's mother but subsequently withdrawn.
• ff.39-82: Draft score of Act II, scenes 1-4 of 'Le Nozze di Cherubino' (op. 38), followed by some sketched drawings and general notes.

Work-book 28: Dated 11 November 1984 - 29 November 1984. Draft score and sketches of Act II, scenes 4-10 of 'Le nozze di Cherubino' (op. 38).

Work-book 29: Dated 29 November 1984 - 24 June 1985.

• ff.185-220: Draft score of Act II of 'Le nozze di Cherubino' (op. 38).
• ff.220v-249: Sketches and notes, including: sketch titled 'Mensch und Musik' scored for harpsichord, synthesizer, guitar and tom-toms (ff.222v-223); sketches for chorus, for a commission from the Kodaly Foundation; and abortive sketches for a choral piece with text beginning 'Hello - this is your captain speaking...' (ff.230v-249).
• ff.250-269: Sketches for 'Missa Tiburtina' (op. 40), with general notes on back flyleaf.

Work-book 30: Dated 24 June 1985 onwards, no end date.

• ff.272-316: Sketches for 'Missa Tiburtina' (op. 40).
• ff.316v-327: Sketched drawings of stick figures and hand shapes, followed by transcriptions of four Purcell songs: 'Cease, O My Sad Soul'; 'Not All My Torments'; 'What Can We Poor Females Do?'; and 'Why So Serious?'.
• ff.327v-362: Sketches for piece that became 'Solo' (op. 42) for guitar, followed by further sketches and notes, some unidentified. Includes brief sketches for 'Missa Tiburtina' (op. 40) (ff.351v-352), and 'God-song' (op. 41) (ff.352v-353); tables showing various ensemble combinations; notes on the scoring of Boulez's 'Le Marteau sans maître'; draft programme note for the premiere of 'God-song' (op. 41); a list of Handel cantatas for solo alto; and lists, mostly crossed out, with some entries that have been used in titles of works.