MS Mus. 1808/1/17

Work-book 58: Dated 19 August 1994 onwards, no end date.

• ff.1-52: Sketches for 'Fiddlesticks' (op. 65) (ff.5 & 28-52) with various other sketches, some unidentified. Includes settings of texts from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Nine Lives' for clarinet and piano; sketches for a set of pieces titled 'Recital. Parts I - XIII' for piano; sketches for music for a film about Konkonuru; a setting of the Gloria text; and other unidentified sketches for flute, for piano, and for saxophones.
• ff.52v-63: Sketches for 'Wormys mete', which later became 'A convocation of worms' (op. 67). Includes early scoring for countertenor, cornetts and sackbuts.
• ff.63v-69: General notes, including a list of contemporary composers; a plot narrantive titled 'The dancing instructor', a draft invite to the launch of the book 'The Dancing Tortoise' by Naa Otua Codjoe-Swayne; and other unidentified notes.

Work-book 59: Dated 6 February 1995 - 18 April 1995. Sketches for 'Wormys mete', which later became 'A convocation of worms' (op. 67).

Work-book 60: Dated 18 April 1995 onwards, no end date.

• ff.158-163: General notes, including a diary entry for 23rd April 1995; ideas for a work titled 'Thunk / River' for orchestra; structural notes titled 'La plume de ma tante'; and notes from a meeting on 'Hamlet'.
• ff.164-177: Sketches for 'Wormys mete', which later became 'A convocation of worms' (op. 67).
• ff.177v-200: Sketches for 'Goodnight, sweet ladies' (op. 63), followed by general notes on works in progress, ideas, and correspondence with conductors (ff.198v-200).
• ff.200v-213: Sketches for last section of 'All about Henry' (op. 64).
• ff.213v-243: Sketches for 'The Tiger' (op. 68).

Work-book 61: Dated 25 September 1995 inside front board, and 9 January 1997 on p.308v following a six-month break in using this work-book. No end date.

• ff.244-253: Transcription and arrangement of 'Three blind mice' (f.245), followed by sketches setting a sonnet by Louise Labé.
• ff.253v-259: Sketches for 'Hamlet', followed by notes on the ranges of cornett and sackbuts.
• ff.259v-318v: Sketches for 'The silent land' (op. 70) and 'Chinese whispers' (op. 75). Also includes brief notes on title music for a television documentary on genetics, 'Bloodlines' (ff.264-265).
• ff.319-324: General notes, some unidentified. Includes notes on the setting of sonnets by Louise Labé; further brief notes on 'Bloodlines'; structural plans for 'The silent land' (op. 70); and a diary entry for 25 September 1995.