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Composers, English

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Anthems by William Croft, some holograph, some copied by his amanuensis James Kent

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 19
Anthems by William Croft, some holograph, some copied by his amanuensis James Kent
Extents: 61 Leaves
Dates: Early 18th century

Archive of Edmund Rubbra

 Collection
Correspondence and papers of Edmund Rubbra (1901-1986), composer, pianist, teacher and critic.
Extents: 2.24 Linear metres (56 boxes)
Dates: 1918-2005

Archive of Sir William Henry Harris, KCVO

 Collection
The archive chiefly comprises music manuscripts and printed editions of music by W.H. Harris, with some correspondence received by Harris or his family after his death. A small quantity of books and scores owned by Harris and often inscribed to him is also included, along with a small number of recordings.
Extents: 0.64 Linear metres (13 boxes)
Dates: 1891-2006

Benjamin Rogers: Church music copied by Philip Hayes

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c.96
Copies of church music by Benjamin Rogers made by Philip Hayes 'many of them written from his own manuscripts' (p. v), some of them in 1755, 1777 or 1778.
Extents: 204 pages
Dates: 1755, 1777 or 1778

Full score of 'Princess Ida' by Sir Arthur Sullivan, prepared with the aid of three copyists from incomplete drafts

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 89
Full score of 'Princess Ida' by Sir Arthur Sullivan, prepared with the aid of three copyists from incomplete drafts, c.1883
Extents: 171 Leaves
Dates: c. 1883

Holograph copy of 'The wind among the reeds', a cycle of four songs by T. F. Dunhill

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 34
Holograph copy of 'The wind among the reeds', a cycle of four songs by T. F. Dunhill
Extents: 68 pages
Dates: 1909-1924

Holograph copy with some corrections of the full score of Gustav Holst's 'Savitri'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 3
Holograph copy with some corrections of the full score of Gustav Holst's 'Savitri'
Extents: 68 pages
Dates: c. 1924

Holograph fair copy by William Baines of 'The Naiad' for pianoforte

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 12
Holograph fair copy by William Baines of 'The Naiad' for pianoforte
Extents: 16 Leaves
Dates: 11 Feb 1920

Holograph full score of symphony no. 4 by Arnold Bax

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 48
Holograph full score of symphony no. 4 by Arnold Bax, 1930-1931
Extents: 166 pages
Dates: 1930-1931

Holograph full score of 'The gathering of the clans', by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, the first verse of James Hogg's song, with orchestral accompaniment

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 46
Holograph full score of 'The gathering of the clans', by Sir Henry Rowley Bishop, the first verse of James Hogg's song, with orchestral accompaniment, 1829
Extents: 18 Leaves
Dates: 1829

Holograph score of Dame Ethel Smyth's song 'Froid[e] est la pluie'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. b. 7
Holograph score of Dame Ethel Smyth's song 'Froid[e] est la pluie'
Extents: 17 Leaves
Dates: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing

Holograph score of part of Frederick Delius, 'A poem of life and love'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. b. 2
Holograph score of part of Frederick Delius, 'A poem of life and love', 1918-19
Extents: 19 Leaves
Dates: 1918-1919

Letters from Benjamin Britten to Dr. Hans Heinsheimer

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 162
Letters from Benjamin Britten to Boosey and Hawkes
Extents: 53 Leaves
Dates: 1940-1950

Letters from Charles Williams to Thelma Shuttleworth

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. e. 136
Letters from Charles Williams to Thelma Shuttleworth
Extents: 160 Leaves
Dates: 1929-1945, n.d.

Lists of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty's musical compositions, in a book specially prepared and bound

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Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. b. 81
Lists of Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty's musical compositions, in a book specially prepared and bound
Extents: 270 Leaves
Dates: c. 1867-1899

Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury Wells

 Collection
Music manuscripts from the Library of St Michael's College, Tenbury, Worcestershire, [c 1600]-1930.
Extents: 127.16 Linear metres (1136 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: [c 1600]-1930

Musical compositions, mainly vocal pieces and pianoforte solos, of Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley, holograph and copies

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 17
Musical compositions, mainly vocal pieces and pianoforte solos, of Sir Frederick Gore Ouseley, holograph and copies
Extents: 48 Leaves
Dates: 1840-c. 1880

Overture in C major, holograph keyboard score, by William Boyce

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. d. 146
Overture in C major, holograph keyboard score, by William Boyce
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: Mid-18th century

Thirty-nine sacred motetts for five voices

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MSS. Mus. e. 1-5
Thirty-nine sacred motetts for five voices, written in A. D. 1585 by J. Sadler(?).
Extents: 1 box
Dates: written in A. D. 1585 by J. Sadler(?)

Transcript by Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock) of 'Grace before meate' and 'Grace after meate' from Thomas Whithorne's Songes for three, fower, and five voices (London, 1571)

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Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 47
Transcript by Philip Heseltine (Peter Warlock) of 'Grace before meate' and 'Grace after meate' from Thomas Whithorne's Songes for three, fower, and five voices (London, 1571)
Extents: 19 Leaves
Dates: 1571