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MS Mus. 1778/2/1
- Record Id:
- 040-003431838
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003431606
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100068911596.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1778/2/1
- Title:
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Harrison Birtwistle: 'Earth Dances' sketch material
- Scope & Content:
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Sketch material for Earth Dances, for large orchestra. Premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra and Peter Eötvös.
Sketches are on A2 manuscript paper, and relate to various stages of the compositional process, including melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and textural workings, with some extended developed passages. Mainly pencil sketches, with some black ink and coloured pencil; the sketches appear unordered, maintained in the arrangement they were received. Numerous leaves are signed by the composer.
An additional 17 A4 folios, located in 1778/4/1, are possibly material for Earth Dances, but have not been definitively identified.
Further material can be found in the Harrison Birtwistle collection at the Paul Sacher Stiftung: 127 pages of sketches and a fair copy of the score.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003431606
036-003431738
040-003431838 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1778 : Manuscripts of Sir Harrison Birtwistle
MS Mus. 1778/2 : Harrison Birtwistle: Orchestral, ensemble, and vocal music
MS Mus. 1778/2/1 : Harrison Birtwistle: 'Earth Dances' sketch material - Hierarchy:
- 032-003431606[0002]/036-003431738[0001]/040-003431838
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1778
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 64 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1985
- End Date:
- 1986
- Date Range:
- 1985-1986
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Arrangement:
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Kept in the order received by the British Library.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Birtwistle, Harrison. Earth dances