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String quartets

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Andrew Sterling: 'Death of a man' and 'Meditations', 2 Aug 1968-10 Dec 1969

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 617
Two compositions by Andrew Sterling:1. 'Death of a man', for string quartet. Photocopy of the autograph score. Inscribed: 'To Dr Rubbra'.2. 'Meditations', for voices and instrumental ensemble. Autograph score, dedicated 'To Edmund Rubbra, with my deepest respect'.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates: 2 Aug 1968-10 Dec 1969

Archive of Philip Cannon

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Archive of the composer Philip Cannon (1929-2016) containing predominantly his autograph music manuscripts.
Extents: 10.0 Linear metres (57 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1948-2018, n.d.

Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Sterndale Bennett family

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Archive of the composer William Sterndale Bennett previously with the Sterndale Bennett family, 1816-[2014], n.d.
Extents: 2.2 Linear metres (93 boxes)
Dates: 1816-[2014], n.d.

Autograph music manuscripts of Roger Fiske

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 46
Autograph music manuscripts of Roger Fiske, 1932-1949.
Extents: 149 Leaves
Dates: 1932-1949

B. Mus. exercise: String quartet in F minor composed by R. G. Greening

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. d.279
R. G. Greening's String quartet in F minor. Exercise submitted for the degree of B. Mus. at the University of Oxford.
Extents: 60 pages
Dates: 1954

B.Mus. exercise: String Quartet, by A.M. Davies

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. c. 465
B.Mus. exercise: String Quartet, by A.M. Davies, 1946.
Extents: 61 pages
Dates: 1946

Compositions by Ernest Walker, 1899-1905

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 89
Bound volume of autograph scores of chamber music by Ernest Walker. 98 leaves. Contains: (fols. 3-27) Quartet (D major) for pianoforte, violin, viola and violoncello. Sep 1899. 49 pp. of music (fols. 33-46) Quintet for horn and strings in B flat minor. 27 Dec 1899 - 8 Jan 1900. 27 pp. of music (fols. 53-85) Quintet in A major for pianoforte and strings. Aug - Sep 1904....
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: 1899-1905

Consort music in three and four parts

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Four part-books containing consort music in three and four parts, given to Edward Lowe by Theodore Colby and copied by an anonymous scribe, Matthew Hutton and Lowe himself, late 17th cent.
Extents: 0.12 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: late 17th cent.

Early music manuscripts of Sir Hubert Parry

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b.401
Autograph music manuscripts of Hubert Parry's compositions predominantly from his time at Oxford in various levels of completeness, 1867-1872.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1867-1872

Josef Suk, 'Meditation on an old Bohemian chorale'. Op. 35. Score in the hand of Gerald Finzi

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 552
Josef Suk's Meditation on an old Bohemian chorale, op. 35. Manuscript score in the hand of Gerald Finzi.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: ]c.1950?]

Karl Komzák: 'Märchen (Fairy-story)'

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. c. 60, fol. 7
Karl Komzák: 'Märchen (Fairy-story)', [1886].
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: [1886]

Music for string quartet arranged from published works of Corelli, Haydn and Viotti

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Instrumental part of music for string quartet arranged from published works of Corelli, Haydn and Viotti, 19th. cent.
Extents: 4 Volumes (0.44 linear metres)
Dates: 19th cent.

Music Manuscripts of Ernest Farrar

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Music manuscripts of Ernest Farrar, mostly autograph, 1908-1922, n.d.
Extents: 1.05 Linear metres (7 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1908-1922, n.d.

Musical archive of R.L. Shields (d. 1986)

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Original compositions and accompaniments to traditional songs by R.L. Shield and others.
Extents: 1.0 Linear metre (7 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1916-1971, n.d.

Quartet in four movements for two violins, viola and violoncello, by K. Leighton. Exercise submitted for the degree of B.Mus. at the University of Oxford

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. b. 80
B.Mus. exercise: Quartet in four movements for two violins, viola and violoncello, by K. Leighton, 1955.
Extents: 37 pages
Dates: 1955

Robert Simpson: String quartet no. 9, 1982-1985

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. b. 616
String quartet no. 9 (Thirty-two variations and fugue on a theme by Haydn) by Robert Simpson (1982). Dated at end of score: '3.05 p.m. 25 iv 82 at Chearsley'.Photocopy of the autograph score with a few corrections and other annotations in the hand of the composer.Inscribed: 'To Edmund, with love and profound respect, from Bob. 12.iv.85'
Extents: 58 pages
Dates: 1982-1985

String quartet in F minor: an exercise composed and submitted by R. F. T. Bullivant for the degree of B. Mus. at the University of Oxford

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Shelfmark: MS. Mus. Sch. Ex. d.278
String quartet in F minor by R. F. T. Bullivant.
Extents: 102 pages
Dates: Deposited 29 June 1948

Two instrumental works by John Lowell Osgood

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Two instrumental works by John Lowell Osgood, [c 1920?] and 1920, with a letter dated 23 Feb 1979.
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (2 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1920, 1979