MS Mus. 1808/1/12

Work-book 39: Dated 21 January 1987 onwards, no end date. Sketches and draft score for 'Tonos' (op. 47). Also contains sketches for 'PP' (op. 46), written for the birthday of Paul Patterson for a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London (ff.49-57).

Work-book 40: Dated 2 February 1987 - 20 May 1987.

• ff.96-119v: Sketches and draft score for 'Tonos' (op. 47).
• ff.119v-150: Sketches and draft score for a setting of O vos omnes, later abandoned.
• ff.150v-160: Work on plainchant melodies for O vos omnes and Veni creator spiritus.
• ff.160v-179: Sketches and beginning of draft score for 'The coming of Saskia Hawkins' (op. 51), followed by notes on unidentified works. A table of scoring and structure of 'Tonos' (op. 47) is pasted inside back board.

Work-book 41: Dated 20 May 1987 onwards, no end date.

• ff.181-193: Structural notes and sketches for 'Veni creator I' (op. 48).
• ff.193v-226: Draft score of 'Veni creator II' (op. 49), written because 'Veni creator I' (op. 48) became too complicated for the purposes of Eton College Choral Course, by whom it was commissioned.
• ff.226v-238: Continued work on 'Veni creator I' (op. 48). Includes work on riddle-rune about a bone flute, written by Swayne, used as a cantus firmus in the central section of the piece (f.227).
• ff.238v-269: General notes and sketches, some unidentified. Includes early work on 'The song of Leviathan' (op. 52).

Work-book 42: Dated 19 July 1987 onwards, no end date.

• ff.272-281: Early structural notes and sketches for 'Songlines' (op. 50); notes on a setting of the story of Gilgamesh; and other unidentified notes and sketches.
• ff.281v-352: Sketches for 'The song of Leviathan' (op. 52). Also contains further notes on 'Songlines' (op. 50); ideas for commission from Harrogate Festival; notes on a Frankenstein opera; and other general notes.