MS Mus. 1841/2/2

30 notebooks, containing various professional and personal notes. Numbering continued from MS Mus. 1841/2/1.

30. Notes for book, including unrestrained thoughts about marriage to Ian Glennie; draft letter to John [Cruft?] asking for Arts Council support for performance of a work by 'a most talented ex-pupil'; various personal and professional notes.

31. Notes for book, including unrestrained thoughts about marriage to Ian Glennie; draft letter to John [Cruft?] asking for Arts Council support for performance of a work by 'a most talented ex-pupil'; various personal and professional notes. 1971.

32. Draft script of a talk (concerning EL's style, thoughts on her style being labelled, and her music); draft letter to former pupil; long and fraught draft letter to Ian Glennie, responding to his legal objections to a passage in her book (final version in ‘Goldfish Bowl’ papers); various personal and professional notes. 1971.

33. Draft complaint letter to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph concerning an article by Martin Cooper; list of records/tapes; long draft for book, written July 1972 about the past year, much of which can be found at the end of A Goldfish Bowl; various personal and professional notes. 1972.

34. Draft complaint letter to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph concerning an article by Martin Cooper (similar to one in notebook 34, perhaps earlier draft); draft programme note for ‘Counting Your Steps’, Op. 85; list of records/tapes; draft stage layouts. 1972.

35. Draft complaint letter to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph concerning an article by Martin Cooper (similar to one in notebook 34, perhaps earlier draft); draft programme note for’ Counting Your Steps’, Op. 85; list of records/tapes; draft stage layouts.

36. Draft letter to unidentified recipient re. professionalism; various personal notes. ?1973.

37. Instrumentation sketches for ‘Rape of the Moon’, Op. 90; loose leaves (folded) of draft concert programme of EL / pupils' works; long piece of writing about segregation in classical music programming, prompted by news of a work to be performed in a concert of women's music in Los Angeles; assorted other personal and professional notes. late 1972 or 1973.

38. Instrumentation sketches for Rape of the Moon, Op. 90; various personal and professional notes; short notated musical jotting. Late 1972 or 1973

39. Draft for part of book concerning work in 1953 (appears in much condensed form in ‘A Goldfish Bowl’ Ch. 11); various personal and professional notes.

40. Notes likely written shortly after Dallapiccola's death: written-out quotations, ideas for tribute piece; draft programme note for ‘Kareniana’, Op. 99; dated July 1975; draft professional letter concerning payments; various personal and professional notes. 1975.

41. Notes for ‘The Goldfish Bowl’, Op. 102 (personnel, characters); short list of letters; list of illustrations for book?; draft letter to Glock concerning the first performance of a Proms commission, and EL's wish to dispel reputation that she writes 'difficult' music; draft for a talk '5 decades'; draft letter about photographing sculptures; various personal and professional notes. (up to 1975).

42. Various notes for ‘Mare et Minutiae’, Op. 107, and ‘Like A Window’, Op. 109; draft of writing likely for a talk; various personal and professional notes. c.1975-6.

43. Movement plan and instrumental layout for unspecified work; financial calculations; various personal and professional notes. c. 1975/6.

44. Draft letter to Susan Rands about broken crockery (much more colourfully written than the version eventually sent); personal and professional notes; sketches for furniture layouts in rooms. 1976?

45. Written-out stanzas and pages references to unknown text; reference to ‘Five Impromptus’, Op. 115. 1977?

46. Draft paragraphs and notes (for book) about changes in how new music has been promoted over the 20th century (societies; radio…), and notes on the history and politics of the ISCM; brief notes on publishers. Late 1960s.

47. Notes and draft of a talk, 'The Exploring Ear'.

48. Notes and draft of a talk, 'The Exploring Ear'.

49. Short programme note on ‘Catena’, Op. 47; loose leaves briefly documenting events of early 1960s; various personal and professional notes.

50. Brief personal and professional notes. 1965?

51. Very brief personal notes; one doodle.

52. List of scenes/descriptors, with timings (for a film?); draft letter concerning doing up kitchen.

53. Brief personal notes; small musical doodle.

54. Draft letter to Richard Rodney Bennett; financial calculations; personal and professional notes. c.1965.

55. Instrumentation notes; draft programme including ‘Bagatelles’ and ‘String Quartet 6’; draft letter to BBC about receiving credit in radio listings; some short notated music sketches; various personal and professional notes.

56. Long drafts for various memoir passages, intended for ‘A Goldfish Bowl’: mostly recollections of personal and domestic life, plus professional standing in the 1950s. Short musical sketch labelled 'Apassionata'; various personal and professional notes.

57. Various draft letters, mostly involving kitchen repairs; numerous sketches for interior layouts; draft for a talk about EL's early musical experiences; brief notated sketches.

58. Various draft letters, mostly involving kitchen repairs; numerous sketches for interior layouts; draft for a talk about EL's early musical experiences; brief notated sketches.

59. Several draft professional letters not in EL's handwriting (dictated?); draft lecture that mentions BBC concert series; brief other notes.