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MS Mus. 1808/1/25

Record Id:

040-003392033

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003391374

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100053657602.0x000001

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1808/1/25

Title:

Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 83-85

Scope & Content:

Work-book 83: Start date unknown but some dates given throughout volume, see below.

ff.1-5: Sketches for 'Leonardo's dream' (op. 114).
ff.5v-180: Sketches and draft score for 'Agnes Wisley's chillout fantasy' (op. 115), dated 27th December 2007 - 6th February 2008.
ff.180v-188: Sketches and draft score for Bagatelle no. 4, with note on f.184v that work resumed 17 September 2008.
ff.188v-192v: Unidentified sketches for guitar and cello, with notes on lute tunings, followed by several blank pages and general notes.

Work-book 84: Dated July 2008 onwards, no end date.

ff.195-199: General notes and sketches, including transcriptions of Jean de La Fontaine's fables 'Le Loup et la Cigogne' and 'La Cigale et la Fourmi'; a newspaper cutting from Le Monde, 1st August 2008; a list of titles selected from William Blake's 'Songs of Innocence and Experience'; and abortive notes and sketches for an educational piece for beginner cello or double bass.
ff.199v-304: Draft score for violin and piano titled '80 not out'. Long central section contains only blank staves with indications of modes to be used.
ff.304v-308: Sketches for a setting of Jean de La Fountaine's 'Le Corbeau et le Renard'.
ff.308v-309: Early ideas for 'Zig-zag' (op. 123).
ff.309v-315: Sketches for 'The human heart' (op. 118).
ff.315-317: Sketches for 'Toil and trouble' (op. 122).
ff.317-320: Sketches for an arrangement of 'Danny Boy' for voice and oboe.
ff.320v-328: Sketches and draft score for 'Zig-zag' (op. 123).
ff.328v-347: Sketches for String quartet no. 4 (op. 125), with notes on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133) (f.328v); and a letter to The Guardian commenting on the death of Michael Jackson (f.335v).
ff.347v-357: Sketches for 'O my dear heart' (op. 120 no. 1); a newspaper cutting on the 2008 financial crash; and an obituary for Nicholas Maw cut from The Guardian, 21 May 2009.

Work-book 85: Dated 2 August 2009 onwards, no end date.

ff.358-380: Sketches for String quartet no. 4 (op. 125), with sketches for 'The joys of travel' (op. 124) (f.365). Also contains notes on work completed inside front board and flyleaf; and text for a song titled 'Big Chief Thundercloud's Farewell'.
ff.380v-385v: Sketches for 'Adam lay ibounden' (op. 126).
ff.385v-390: Sketches for Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133) for piano.
ff.390-397: Sketches for an unfinished 'Partita' for solo violin.
ff.397v-404: Sketches for 'O Mysteria' (op. 127).
ff.404v-407: Work on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133); sketched ideas for a string quartet; and sketches for 'Der Wandersmann' (op. 128).
ff.407v-416: Sketches for 'Hubbub' (op. 129 no. 1). Also contains work on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133) (f.407v); and a cutting about Swayne from Private Eye, 30th April 2010 (f.413).
ff.416v-424: Sketches for 'Complaintes' (op. 130). Also contains cutting of letters sent to Private Eye, printed 14th May 2010 (f.421); and sketches of a song written as a retirement gift, setting text on f.359v.
ff.424v-429: Sketches for 'The word' (op. 129 no. 2), with work on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133).
ff.429v-438: Sketches for 'Dolorosa' (op. 131); sketches for 'Our father' (op. 137 no. 2) (ff.430v-431); and work on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133) (ff.431-434).
ff.438v-441: General notes, including text from 'Hamlet'; notes on cello harmonics; and further notes on Bagatelles (op. 117 & op. 133).

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003391374
036-003391377
040-003392033

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1808 : Giles Swayne Collection
MS Mus. 1808/1 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books

MS Mus. 1808/1/25 : Giles Swayne Collection. Work-books. Work-books 83-85

Hierarchy:

032-003391374[0001]/036-003391377[0025]/040-003392033

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1808

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

3 volumes

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

2007

End Date:

2010

Date Range:

2007-2010

Era:

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Subjects:

Swayne, Giles. Adam lay ibounden
Swayne, Giles. Agnes Wisley's chillout fantasy
Swayne, Giles. Bagatelles, book 1, op. 117
Swayne, Giles. Bagatelles, book 2, op. 133
Swayne, Giles. Carols
Swayne, Giles. Complaintes
Swayne, Giles. Dolorosa
Swayne, Giles. Hamlet (Sketches)
Swayne, Giles. Hubbub
Swayne, Giles. Human heart
Swayne, Giles. Joys of Travel
Swayne, Giles. Leonardo's dream
Swayne, Giles. O mysteria
Swayne, Giles. Prayers
Swayne, Giles. Quartets, strings, no. 4, op. 125
Swayne, Giles. Toil and trouble
Swayne, Giles. Wandersmann
Swayne, Giles. Word
Swayne, Giles. Zig-zag