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MS Mus. 1808/1/11
- Record Id:
- 040-003391901
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391374
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053458600.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1808/1/11
- Title:
- Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 35-38
- Scope & Content:
-
Work-book 35: Dated 19 August 1986 - 15 September 1986. Sketches and draft scores for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 6 (draft score ff.13v-18), 7 (draft score ff.46v-49), 8 (draft score ff.66v-83), and 9 (sketches only, ff.83v-88). Final pages (ff.88v-94) contain tables and general notes, including notes on a staged work base on the Oedipus myth. Several printed copies of Picasso sketches pasted throughout the volume.
Work-book 36: Dated 15 September 1986 onwards, no end date. Sketches and draft scores for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 9-17. Contains sketched ink drawings of Adam, Eve and Satan; and notes on the notation of dynamics (f.180).
Work-book 37: Dated 6 October 1986 onwards, no end date. Sketches and draft scores for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 17-25 (movement 18 later published separately as 'Time Passes' (op. 41a) for solo piano).
Work-book 38: Dated 14 November 1986 onwards, no end date.
- ff.295-345: Sketches and draft sore for 'God-song' (op. 41) movements 26-33.
- ff.345v-374: Structural notes, sketches and draft score for 'Tonos' (op. 47).
- ff.374v-382: General notes, including notes on rehearsals of 'God-song' (op. 41) and potential further performances; and table of pitches and rhythms for unidentified piece.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003391374
036-003391377
040-003391901 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1808 : Giles Swayne Collection
MS Mus. 1808/1 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books
MS Mus. 1808/1/11 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 35-38 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003391374[0001]/036-003391377[0011]/040-003391901
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1808
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1981
- End Date:
- 1991
- Date Range:
- c 1986
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Swayne, Giles. God-song
Swayne, Giles. Time passes
Swayne, Giles. Tonos