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MS Mus. 1767/3/14

Record Id:

040-003429366

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003421952

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100066237880.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

MS Mus. 1767/3/14

Title:

Martin Shaw: Correspondence: Compositions 1915-1937

Scope & Content:

‘Song Time’, 1915

ff.^. Correspondence concerning permission to use various songs and hymns, 1914-1915. Includes letters from S.Baring-Gould, 16 Oct 1914 and Ralph Vaughan Williams, 11 Dec 1914.

‘Songs of Praise’, 1925 and subsequent editions based on this. The edition for schools was originally referred to as ‘Songs of Praise for Day Schools’, 1927 . Correspondence covers the various editions including ‘Songs of Praise for Boys and Girls’, 1929

ff.^. Correspondence from Oxford University Press concerning the first edition, 1925-1926

ff.^. Publicity leaflet

ff.^. Correspondence with Oxford University Press and others concerning editions for children, 1927-1929. Includes a confidential letter from Percy Dearmer (6 Jul 1928); two letters from Ralph Vaughan Williams, [n.d.] but filed after 5 Oct 1928

ff.^. Correspondence 1933-1937

ff.^. Correspondence concerning new editions, 1952-1957. Includes a letter from Ralph Vaughan Williams, 15 Dec 1957

‘Mr Pepys’, 1926

ff.^. Correspondence concerning the original performances, 1925-1927

ff.^. Correspondence concerning subsequent provincial performances with relevant cuttings, flyers and programmes, 1927-1956

ff.^. Notices of box office receipts for London performances

ff.^. Royalty notifications

ff.^. Cuttings and programmes for various productions

ff.^. Typed copy of an extract from ‘Ideas and people’ by Clifford Bax, describing the collaboration between Shaw and Bax.

‘Granite’, 1926

ff.^. Correspondence concerning subsequent performances, 1937-1951

‘Cramer’s Choral Library’, 1927

Correspondence from composers approached to contribute to the series

ff.^. Bairstow, Edward C.

ff.^. Bantock, Granville

ff.^. Bridge, Frank

ff.^. Bullock, Ernest

ff.^. Dent, Edward J.

ff.^. Dunhill, Thomas F.

ff.^. Elgar, Edward

ff.^. Fletcher, Percy E.

ff.^. Fuller Maitland, John A.

ff.^. Gardiner, Henry Balfour

ff.^. Gibbs, Cecil Armstrong

ff.^. O’Neill, Norman

ff.^. Rowley, Alec

ff.^. Vaughan Williams, Ralph (copy)

ff.^. Walthew, Richard H.

ff.^. Williams, Gerrard

ff.^. Wood, Thomas

ff.^. Handwritten list of composers approached

‘Oxford Book of Carols’, 1928

ff.^. Correspondence concerning the first edition, 1927-1930

ff.^. Correspondence concerning the schools editions and other arrangements, 1954-1957

ff.^. Correspondence with Joan Shaw, Nan Dearmer (Lady Sykes) and Ursula Vaughan Williams concerning a new edition, 1960-1967

‘Cramer’s Library of Church Music’, 1928-1929

Correspondence to and from contributors and the publisher

ff.^. Bairstow, Edward C.

ff.^. Bantock, Granville

ff.^. Buck, Percy

ff.^. Bullock, Ernest

ff.^. Darke, Harold E.

ff.^. Howells, Herbert

ff.^. Kitson, Charles H.

ff.^. Lang, C.S.

ff.^. Langdon, J.A.

ff.^. Ley, H.G.

ff.^. Mackenzie, Alexander C.

ff.^. Marchant, Stanley

ff.^. Nicholson, Sydney H.

ff.^. Ponsonby, Noel

ff.^. Rowley, Alec

ff.^. Statham, Heathcote

ff.^. Stewart, Charles Hylton

ff.^. Thomas, Vincent

ff.^. Wood, Thomas

ff.^. Cramer & Co.

ff.^. Part of a letter from Shaw concerning press coverage of church music

ff.^. Notes concerning the series

‘Waterloo Leave’, 1928

ff.^. Letters from Clifford Bax concerning the libretto. [n.d.], 1928

ff.^. Sections of libretto with annotations

ff.^. Correspondence with Nugent Monck, C.F. Smyly and others concerning the first production in Norwich, November 1928. 1927-1929

ff.^. Letter from Joseph Williams declining to publish the work. 1958

ff.^. Correspondence and programme concerning performances by the Ipswich YMCA Operatic Group, Sep-Oct 1959

‘Philomel’, 1932

ff.^. Correspondence from The London Play Company concerning contracts and royalties. 1932

ff.^. Copies of contracts

‘The English Hymnal’

ff.^. Typed notes headed ‘Comments from the Triumvirate on tunes in the English Hymnal with a view to the 1933 revision. Comments by Shaw, Vaughan Williams and Dearmer

‘The Rock’, 1934

ff.^. Photocopies of letters from T.S. Eliot concerning the writing and productions of the play, 1933-1947.

NB. Access is to be reserved until February 2018.

ff.^. Correspondence with others, [n.d.], 1934-1940, 1965-1966

ff.^. Programmes for the first performances, May-June 1934

‘Six Men of Dorset’, 1937

ff.^. Correspondence concerning productions, 1936-1948

Collection Area:

Music Collections

Project / Collection:

Music Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003421952
036-003429350
037-003429364
040-003429366

Is part of:

MS Mus. 1767 : Martin Shaw Collection
MS Mus 1767/3 : Martin Shaw: Correspondence
MS Mus. 1767/3/13-16 : Martin Shaw: Correspondence : specific works and publications

MS Mus. 1767/3/14 : Martin Shaw: Correspondence: Compositions 1915-1937

Hierarchy:

032-003421952[0004]/036-003429350[0002]/037-003429364[0002]/040-003429366

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1767

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume (^ folios)

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1914

End Date:

1966

Date Range:

1914-1966

Era:

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Arrangement:

2 folders: (1) 1915-1927; (2) 1928-1937

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)