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MS Mus. 1808/2/8
- Record Id:
- 040-003392235
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003391374
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100053882976.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1808/2/8
- Title:
- Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 15-18
- Scope & Content:
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1. 'Synthesis' (op. 15) for two pianos
- ff.1-23: Autograph draft score, with marginal notes and sketches. Pencil and ink on paper. Dated August - December 1974 on title page.
- ff.24-57: Autograph fair score, Indian ink on transparencies. Dated August - December 1974 after final bar line.
2. 'Scrap-book' (op. 16) for piano
- ff.58-64: Autograph draft score of the first five pieces. Pencil on paper.
- ff.65-78: Print of autograph fair score of original version, with 12 pieces (a revised and expanded edition of 15 pieces was later published by Gonzaga in 2002).
3. 'Canto for Clarinet' (op. 17)
- ff.79-100: Autograph score. Ink on paper with pencil annotations and some pasted corrections. Signed on final page and dated May - June 1975. Final page also contains pasted note on the piece's structure.
4. 'Charades' (op. 18) for school orchestra
- ff.101-108: Autograph draft short score, incomplete. Lacking the folios containing: end of 'Dodo's Lullaby' (here second movement but placed in third movement in final score as 'Lullaby for a reluctant Dodo') and beginning of fourth movement (here titled 'Rondo'). Title page gives original title 'Little Symphony'. Pencil and ink on paper.
- ff.109-145: Autograph fair full score, Indian ink on transparencies. Signed on final page and dated '1975 (revised 1980)'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003391374
036-003392118
040-003392235 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1808 : Giles Swayne Collection
MS Mus. 1808/2 : Giles Swayne Collection. Scores
MS Mus. 1808/2/8 : Giles Swayne Collection. Scores. Op. 15-18 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003391374[0002]/036-003392118[0008]/040-003392235
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1808
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 145 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1974
- End Date:
- 1980
- Date Range:
- 1974-1980
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- Dimensions: largest item 300 mm x 420 mm
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Swayne, Giles. Canto, clarinet
Swayne, Giles. Charades
Swayne, Giles. Scrap-book
Swayne, Giles. Synthesis