Various arrangements, 1956, 1976, 2000, n.d.
File
MS. Mus. b. 373
- (fol. 1r+v) National anthem. Arranged for orchestra. Score, dated '©1976'.
- (fols. 2-4) [Thomas Arne]: Rule Britannia. Arranged for SA and SATB chorus. Chorus score with pencil annotations (fol. 2); piano accompaniment part (fol. 3) and pencil sketch of opening of an orchestration (fol. 4), n.d. Arranged to go in a production of Gilbert and Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore, 1976. (See also MS. Mus. c. 655, which belongs with this item).
- (fol. 5) [Franz Gruber]: Silent night. Arranged for SATB. Score, n.d.
- (fol. 6) Ivor Gurney: Fair lady's mantle. Song for voice and piano. Words by John W. Haines. First 12 bars only. [Edited by Michael Hurd].
- (fols. 7-8) Ivor Gurney: Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths. Song for voice and piano. Words by W.B. Yeats. Edited by Michael Hurd.
- (fol. 9r+v) Thomas Linley (1756-1778): Minuet from 'Ode to the witches and fairies of Shakespeare'. For keyboard. Score, transcription dated at end, 'British Museum, 1956'.
- (fol. 10r+v) Thomas Linley: How easy was Collin. Song for voice and piano. Score, n.d. (1956?).
- (fol. 11) James L. Molloy: Love's old sweet song. Arranged for SATB by Michael Hurd. Score, n.d.
- (fol. 12) William Paxton: Breathe soft ye winds. Glee for 3 voices. Newly transcribed and edited by Geoffrey Bush and Michael Hurd; published in Invitation to the partsong, 7 (London, Stainer & Bell, 1996).
- (fols. 13-14) Richard Rodgers: 'If I loved you' from Carousel. Arranged for SATB. Pencil draft (fol. 14v), with sketches for other works, including two pieces for string quartet, n.d.
- (fols. 15-17) Camille Saint-Saëns: Finale [from Le carneval des animaux]. Arranged by Michael Hurd for SATB chorus and piano [and other instruments?], with words by Hurd beginning 'Cats and dogs and birds and bees'. Chorus part only, dated at end, '©2000'.
- (fols. 18-19) Giuseppe Verdi: 'Va pensiero' from Nabucco arranged for ?violin and piano. Marked 'Cue VIII'. Score, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1956, 1976, 2000, n.d.
Extent
19 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Mus. b. 373
Repository Details
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