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MS Mus. 1752/1/5/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003398124
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003397780
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056661031.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1752/1/5/1
- Title:
- Supplementary Vaughan Williams Collection: Scores. Sketches for Symphony no. 8, ‘A Shropshire Lad’, 'Sea Symphony’ and other works
- Scope & Content:
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(1). f. 1. Symphony no. 8; about 1953. Sketch leaf (ideas for vibraphone).
(2.). ff. 2-22. Sketch book, 'Shropshire Lad notes'; 1909. Contains pencil and ink sketches for the song cycle 'On Wenlock Edge' and for the last movement of 'A Sea Symphony' (Symphony no. 1).
(3). ff. 23-47. Sketch book, 'Notes to be kept...'; circa 1921. Notebook with many additional sketches and fragments pasted in or inserted as loose leaves. Contains sketches for 'Double trio', 'Scott film', 'Organ prelude', 'I beheld (motet)', 'Turn our captivity', 'Benedictus', 'Str 4tet', 'Va suite', 'Scholar Gipsy', 'Dance/Anl.(?) (Belshazzar), 'Rural rides (?) suite', 'Pastoral symphony' (inserted), 'This day' (inserted), '6th notes (Finale)' (inserted).
(4). ff. 48-49. 'Love's minstrels'; 1903? Oboe obligato part, autograph, in ink.
(5). ff. 51-67. Sketch book, 'Shropshire Lad, Also notes for Belshazzar', 'Violin sonata', circa 1909? Sketches in ink and pencil.
(6). ff. 68-84. Sketch book, 'Lecture references Book 1'. Containing folk tune fragments and excerpts from works by Haydn, Mozart and other composers, but also some sketches.
(7). ff. 85-91. Sketch book, 'Illustration Book 2'.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003397780
036-003397782
037-003398122
040-003398124 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1752 : Supplementary Vaughan Williams Collection
MS Mus. 1752/1 : Supplementary Vaughan Williams Collection. Scores
MS Mus. 1752/1/5 : Supplementary Vaughan Williams Collection: Scores. Material formerly owned by Michael Kennedy. Sketches and scores of…
MS Mus. 1752/1/5/1 : Supplementary Vaughan Williams Collection: Scores. Sketches for Symphony no. 8, ‘A Shropshire Lad’, 'Sea Symphony’ and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003397780[0001]/036-003397782[0005]/037-003398122[0001]/040-003398124
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1752
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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91 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1898
- End Date:
- 1958
- Date Range:
- c 1903-c 1953
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)