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Ms Mus. 1808/1/10
- Record Id:
- 040-003391900
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391374
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053458426.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ms Mus. 1808/1/10
- Title:
- Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 31-34
- Scope & Content:
-
Work-book 31: Dated 17 October 1985 onwards, no end date.
- ff.1-9: Sketches for 'Solo' (op. 42).
- ff.9v-30: Various sketches, notes and transcribed texts, some unidentified. Includes: list of characters or parts in a circus work; notes on structure and instrumentation of 'God-song' (op. 41); a collection of transcribed texts and extracts; and a list of extant mystery plays.
- ff.30v-72: Notes on text, structure and instrumentation for 'God-song' (op. 41). Includes a detailed table of pitch-content (ff.59v-72).
- ff.73-78: General notes, and a draft of an article on music and society later published in Classical Music magazine (ff.77v-78).
Work-book 32: Dated 5 November 1985 onwards, no end date.
- ff.80-159: Structural notes, sketches and draft score of the first movement of 'God-song' (op. 41).
- ff.153v-160: Sketches for Nunc dimittis I (op. 44).
- ff.160v-167: Sketches for 'Solo'(op. 42) for guitar.
- ff.171v-173: Notes on future concert programmes; an incomplete draft letter proposing an organisation ('Lead Balloon') to put on concerts of Swayne's music; and further notes on Nunc dimittis I (op. 44).
Work-book 33: Dated 21 January 1986 - 9 April 1986.
- ff.175-191: Sketches for 'Solo' (op. 42) for guitar.
- ff.191v-193: Alternative scene-change music for Amsterdam production of 'Le nozze di Cherubino' (op. 38).
- ff.193v-209: Sketches and a rough draft score for the Gloria movement of 'Missa Tiburtina' (op. 40), added for 1986 BBC Proms performance.
- ff.209v-250: Pitch-sets (ff.209v-210), a brief sketch for the opening of Nunc dimittis I (op. 44) (ff.210v-211), and sketches for 'Into the light' (op. 43). Includes a transcribed extract from Bede's 'Ecclesiastical History of the British People', which inspired the form of the piece (ff.211v-212).
- ff.251-257: General notes, including a sketched structure of an unidentified piece, and notes on a performance attended.
Work-book 34: Dated 9 April 1986 - 19 August 1986.
- ff.259-300: Sketches and pitch-sets for 'Into the light' (op. 43).
- ff.300v-313: Sketches for Nunc dimittis I (op. 44).
- ff.313v-318: Further sketches and pitch-sets for 'Into the light' (op. 43).
- ff.318v-339: Various sketches and general notes, some unidentified. Includes sketches for Nunc dimittis I (op. 44); sketches for movements 1-6 of 'God-song' (op. 41); brief notes on "Idea, Structure & Imagination in 20th Century Music"; and notes on rhythm, structure and a pitch matrix for unidentified piece(s).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003391374
036-003391377
040-003391900 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1808 : Giles Swayne Collection
MS Mus. 1808/1 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books
Ms Mus. 1808/1/10 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 31-34 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003391374[0001]/036-003391377[0010]/040-003391900
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1808
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1985
- End Date:
- 1986
- Date Range:
- 1985-1986
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Legal Status:
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- Subjects:
- Swayne, Giles. God-song
Swayne, Giles. Into the light
Swayne, Giles. Missa Tiburtina
Swayne, Giles. Nozze di Cherubino
Swayne, Giles. Nunc dimittis, no. 1, op. 44
Swayne, Giles. Solo, guitar, op. 42