Tippett manuscripts in the British Library

(as of 28 January 1997) Tippett Collection (Part i)

53771. Sir Michael Tippett: 'Midsummer Marriage'; [1952-1954]. Full Score. Autograph.

59808. Sir Michael Tippett: String Quartet no. 1 in A, op. 2; 1935. First version containing two movements suppressed and replaced by a new movement in the published version. See also 61749. Part of the Machnaughten Concerts Collection.

61748-61804. Music manuscripts of Sir Michael Tippett; 1934-1977. Mostly autograph. For many works there are both draft pencil and revised ink scores. Published by Schott & Co., London, except where stated. A list of Tippett's compositions is given in I. Kemp, Tippett, the Composer and his Music (1984), pp. 498-506. Supplements Add. 53771, 59808, 61891 J, 63628, 63820-63840, 71099-71103, Eg. 3786. Purchased of Otto Haas, 13 March 1980.Paper. Fifty-seven volumes.

61748, 61749. Tippett Collection. Vols. i, ii. String quartet no. 1 in A, op. 2; 1934-1935, revised 1943. Published, 1946. A manuscript of the original version with the two movements suppressed in the published version is Add. 59808. Two volumes.

61748. Tippett Collection. Vol. i. Pencil score. Original version and (ff. 31-35v) new first movement. ff. 36. 370 x 270mm. British Library binding of half red leather.

61749. Tippett Collection. Vol. ii. Ink score. Autograph score of the new first movement, inserted in (ff. 12-22) a copyist's score of the quartet of which remain only the second and third movements with autograph revisions. ff. 22. 360 x 260mm. Binding of green cloth.

61750, 61751. Tippett Collection. Vols. iii, iv. Concerto for Double String Orchestra, op. 5; 1938-1939. Published, 1946. Two volumes. 370 x 275mm.

61750. Tippett Collection. Vol. iii (ff. i+28). Pencil score.

61751. Tippett Collection. Vol. iv (ff. i+34). Ink score. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211.

61752, 61753. Tippett Collection. Vols. v, vi. Fantasia on a Theme of Handel, for piano and orchestra; 1939-1941. Published, 1942. Two volumes. 370 x 275mm.

61752. Tippett Collection. Vol. v (ff. 26). Pencil score.

61753. Tippett Collection. Vol. vi (ff. 31). Ink score.

61754. Tippett Collection. Vol. vii. 'A Child of Our Time', oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra; 1939-1941. Pencil score. Published, 1944. ff. i+76. 360 x 270mm. Binding of orange cloth, stamped in gold on the upper cover 'vol. IV'.

61755, 61756. Tippett Collection. Vols. viii, ix. String quartet no. 2; 1941-1942. Published, 1944. Two volumes. 370 x 270mm. British Library binding of half red leather.

61755. Tippett Collection. Vol. viii (ff. ii+17). Pencil score.

61756. Tippett Collection. Vol. ix (ff. ii+21). Ink score. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211.

61757. Tippett Collection. Vol. x. Fanfare no. 1, for 4 horns, 3 trumpets and 3 trombones; 1943. Pencil score. Published, 1971. ff. 4. 300 x 235mm.

61758. Tippett Collection. Vol. xi. 'Plebs Angelica', motet for double chorus; 1943. Pencil score. Published, 1944. ff. 12. 300x 235mm.

61759. Tippett Collection. Vol. xii. 'The Weeping Babe', motet for soprano and chorus (words by Edith Sitwell); 1944. Ink score, with short score in another hand pasted in. Published, 1945. ff. 16. 360 x 260mm.

61760, 61761. Tippett Collection. Vols. xiii, xiv. Symphony no. 1; 1944-1945. Published, 1948. Two volumes. 360 x 265mm.

61760. Tippett Collection. Vol. xiii (ff. 30). Pencil score.

61761. Tippett Collection. Vol. xiv (ff. i+52). Ink score.

61762. Tippett Collection. Vol. xv. String quartet no. 3; 1945-1946. Ink score, comprising only movements 1-4. Published, 1946. ff. 27. 300 x 235mm.

61763. Tippett Collection. Vol. xvi. 'Preludio al Vespro di Monteverdi', for organ; 1946. Ink score. Published, 1947. ff. 7. 300 x 235mm.

61764, 61765. Tippett Collection. Vols. xvii, xviii. 'Little Music', for string orchestra; 1946. Published, 1949. Two volumes. 300 x 235mm.

61764. Tippett Collection. Vol. xvii. Pencil score. ff. 14. Binding of orange cloth.

61765. Tippett Collection. Vol. xviii (ff. 16). Ink score.

61766. Tippett Collection. Vol. xix. 'The Midsummer Marriage', opera; 1946-1952. One leaf from the ink full score (pp. 68, 69) containing part of Act I, scene 4. Published, 1954. The autograph pencil full score is Add. 53771. One further leaf of the ink score (p. 1) is reproduced in E. W. White, Tippett and his Operas (1979), between pp. 48, 49 and Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211. ff. 2. 365 x 265mm.

61767. Tippett Collection. Vol. xx. Suite in D for orchestra, 'Birthday Suite for Prince Charles'; 1948. Imperfect. Pencil score of movements I, III (incomplete), IV and V. As follows:- I (ff. 3-7); III (ff. 8, 9) last 21 bars of Presto only; V (ff. 9v-20v) with an inserted bifolium (ff. 11, 12) containing bars 18-40, evidently replacing material on ff. 10v and 13 which does not appear in the published score; IV (ff. 21-26). Published, 1952. ff. 26. 365 x 265mm.

61768. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxi. 'Dance, Clarion Air', madrigal from 'A Garland for the Queen' (words by Christopher Fry); 1952. Pencil score. Published in 1953. ff. i+12. 300 x 234mm.

61769. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxii. Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli, for strings; 1953. Ink score, together with some pencil sketches, of the first movement only. Published, 1953. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211. ff. 12. 360 x 265mm.

61770. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxiii. Fanfare no. 2, for 4 trumpets; 1953. Pencil score. ff. i+7. 300 x 235mm.

61771. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxiv. Divertimento for chamber orchestra, 'Sellinger's Round'; 1953-1954. Pencil full score of movements III-V. Also included is the pencil score of Four Inventions for two recorders. As follows:- Divertimento III (ff. 4-9); Four Inventions (ff. 9v-11v), no. 4 beginning on f. 11v and continuing on f. 9v; Divertimento IV (ff. 12-18); Divertimento V (ff. 19-31). The Divertimento was commissioned and first performed by Paul Sacher, Basel, and published, 1954. A note on f. 1 reads '1 & 2 to Sacher'; the first page of the score in the Sacher Foundation is reproduced in Komponisten des 20 Jahrhunderts in der Paul Sacher Stiftung (Basel, 1986), p. 249. The ink score of Four Inventions is Add. 61772. ff. 31. 300 x 235mm.

61772. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxv. Four Inventions, for two recorders; 1954. Ink score. The pencil score is Add. 61771, ff. 9v-11v. Published, 1954. ff. 3. 300 x 235mm.

61773. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxvi. Sonata, for four horns; 1955. Ink score. Most of the first movement consists of transparencies written by a copyist. Published, 1957. ff. 29. 340 x 265mm.

61774. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxvii. 'Bonny at Morn', Northumbrian folksong set for unison voices and recorders; 1956. Ink score. Published, 1958. ff. 7. 300 x 235mm.

61775. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxviii. Four Songs from the British Isles, for unaccompanied chorus; 1956. Pencil score of no. 3, 'Scotland', only. Published by B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1957. ff. i+6. 300 x 235mm.

61776, 61777. Tippett Collection. Vols. xxix, xxx. Symphony no. 2; 1956-1957. Published by B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1958. Two volumes. 360 x 265mm.

61776. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxix (ff. i+50). Pencil score.

61777. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxx. Ink score, with pencil annotations. ff. 58. Binding of orange cloth, stamped in gold on the upper cover 'vol. XXX'.

61778, 61779. Tippett Collection. Vols. xxxi, xxxii. 'Crown of the Year', cantata (words by Christopher Fry); 1958. Published in score and parts, 1958, 1959. Two volumes. 360 x 265mm.

61778. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxi. Pencil score. ff. 16. Binding of orange cloth.

61779. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxii (ff. 20). Ink score of movements 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, with autograph notes (ff. 17-20) giving metronome markings and relating to the preparation of parts for nos. 8 and 9.

61780. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxiii. Wadhurst Hymn Tune; 1958. Pencil score. f. 1. 300 x 235mm.

61781. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxiv. 'Music', unison song (words by Shelley); 1960. Pencil scores, for voice, strings and piano, and (ff. 3, 4) for voice and piano. Published by B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, 1960. ff. 4. 360 x 265mm.

61782. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxv. Lullaby, for six voices (words by W. B. Yeats); 1960. Pencil score. Published, 1960. ff. 6. 360 x 265mm.

61783. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxvi. Songs for Achilles, for tenor and guitar; 1961. Pencil score of nos. 2 and 3. Published, 1964. ff. 6. 360 x 265mm.

61784, 61785. Tippett Collection. Vols. xxxvii, xxxviii. Sonata no. 2 for piano; 1962. Published, 1962. Two volumes. 300 x 235mm.

61784. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxvii (ff. 11). Pencil score.

61785. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxviii (ff. 12). Ink score.

61786. Tippett Collection. Vol. xxxix. Songs for Ariel, for a production of 'The Tempest'; 1962. Ink score for voice and piano, and (ff. 8v-12) dyeline copy of a version for voice, flute, clarinet, horn and harpsichord, with autograph revisions. Published, 1964. ff. 13. 300 x 235mm.

61787, 61788. Tippett Collection. Vols. xl, xli. Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion; 1962. Published, 1962. Two volumes. 300 x 265mm.

61787. Tippett Collection. Vol. xl (ff. i+14). Pencil score.

61788. Tippett Collection. Vol. xli (ff. 18). Ink score.

61789, 61790. Tippett Collection. Vols. xlii, xliii. Concerto for Orchestra; 1962-1963. Published, 1964. Two volumes. 360 x 265mm.

61789. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlii. Pencil score. ff. 26. Binding of orange cloth, stamped in gold on the upper cover 'vol. XLII'.

61790. Tippett Collection. Vol. xliii. Ink score. ff. 37. British Library binding of half red leather.

61791, 61792. Tippett Collection. Vols. xliv, xlv. 'The Vision of St. Augustine', cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra; 1963-1965. Published, 1966. Two volumes. 360 x 265mm.

61791. Tippett Collection. Vol. xliv (ff. i+54). Pencil score.

61792. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlv (ff. 63). Ink score. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211.

61793. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlvi. The Shires Suite, for chorus and orchestra; 1965-1970. Ink scores of Interludes 1 and 2, and Cantata. Published, 1972. ff. 41. 300 x 265mm.

61794. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlvii. 'Songs for Dov', for tenor and orchestra; 1970. Ink score, together with dyelines with autograph annotations. Published, 1972. ff. i+59. 360 x 265mm.

61795. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlviii. 'The Knot Garden', opera; 1966-1970. Ink score. Published, 1970. ff. 152. 360 x 265mm. British Library binding of half red leather.

61796-61798. Tippett Collection. Vols. xlix-li. Symphony no. 3; 1970-1972. First performed by the London Symphony Orchestra, London, 22 June 1972. Published, 1974. Three volumes.

61796. Tippett Collection. Vol. xlix. Pencil full score of Part I, to figure 111 in the published score. For drafts of isolated passages of this section of the work see Add. 61797, ff. 100-113. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210, 211. ff. 24. 510 x 380mm.

61797. Tippett Collection. Vol. l. Pencil draft of the concluding section of Part I, from figure 111 in the published score, and of Part II. Mostly in full score, with some sections in compressed or short score. Written on sheets half the size of those found in Add. 61796, made by tearing those full-size sheets in half. These smaller sheets have not always been used in order, and on occasion two or more separate passages are written on the same side of one leaf. Many leaves carry sketches, etc. in addition to the principal draft. The order of the main sequence is indicated below. A photograph of the composer at work on this manuscript is reproduced in E. W. White, Tippett and his Operas (1979), between pp. 48, 49. ff. i+115. 255 x 380mm. Arranged as follows: 1. ff. 1-99. Main sequence, from one bar after fig. 111 to the end of the work. Because of the irregular use of the leaves the music runs in the order ff. 1, 2, 2v, 3, 4, 5, 3v, 6, 7, 6v, 7v, 8, 9, 8v, 9v, 10, 11, 10v, 12, 5v, 13, 14, 13, 15, 16, 12, 5v, 4v, 14v, 32v, 35v, 16v, 34v, 13v, 15v, 17, 33v, versos of 36-38, 40v, 39v, versos of 42-46, 48v, 18, 19-99. Two passages are not present in this sequence: figs. 113-115, and from 3 bars after fig. 126-fig. 128. Sketches, etc. include a sketch for the oboe phrase at fig. 113 and a variant of the passage from figs. 100-102 (f. 1v); a variant of the passage from fig. 142 to 2 bars after 143 is at f. 13, and of the passage from figs. 142-144 at f. 11. 2. ff. 110-115. Leaves in the half-sheet format not placed in the sequence above. Although not all of the passages on each leaf have been identified, all except f. 115 include material for Part I of the symphony, between figs. 17 and 98.

61798. Tippett Collection. Vol. li. Ink score. ff. 108. 510 x 380mm.

61799, 61800. Tippett Collection. Vols. lii, liii. Sonata no. 3 for piano; 1972-1973. Published, 1975. Two volumes. 250 x 375mm.

61799. Tippett Collection. Vol. lii (ff. 40). Pencil score.

61800. Tippett Collection. Vol. liii (ff. 53). Ink score.

61801, 61802. Tippett Collection. Vols. liv, lv. 'The Ice Break', opera; 1973-1976. Published, 1977. One leaf discarded from the revised ink score is Add. 61891 J. Two volumes. 500 x 375mm. British Library binding of half red leather.

61801. Tippett Collection. Vol. liv (ff. 236). Pencil score.

61802. Tippett Collection. Vol. lv (ff. 155). Ink score.

61803, 61804. Tippett Collection. Vols. lvi, lvii. Symphony no. 4; 1976-1977. Published, 1977. Two volumes. 500 x 375mm. British Library binding of half red leather.

61803. Tippett Collection. Vol. lvi (ff. 116). Pencil score.

61804. Tippett Collection. Vol. lvii (ff. 64). Ink score.

61891. Miscellaneous Letters and Papers. Paper and vellum; ff. 135. British Library arrangement. J. One page by Sir Michael Tippett discarded for revision from the ink score of the opera 'The Ice Break', Act I, Scene 9, with an explanatory note by the composer; July 1974. Autograph. The complete ink score in the final version is Add. 61802. Purchased from Maggs, Cat. 1012, item 306, 16 March 1981. ff. 75-76. 380 x 253mm.

63628. Sir Michael Tippett: sketches for 'The Mask of Time' and 'The Blue Guitar'(?); n.d. Pencil and red ink. Purchased at Sotheby's in aid of the Aldeburgh Foundation, 8 Oct. 1985, lot 16. Paper; ff. 3. 252 x 380mm. Tippett Collection (Part ii)

63820-63840. Music manuscripts of Sir Michael Tippett (b.1905); 1977-1983. Autograph. For the earlier works in this group there are both draft pencil and revised ink scores. This method of working (also apparent in the earlier Tippett MSS. Add. 61748-61804) evidently changed during the composition of 'The Mask of Time': thereafter the single scores are in pencil, with frequent revisions, and with annotations in coloured inks. Supplementing the collections in Add. 61748-61804 and 71099-71103. For a list of other Tippett manuscripts held by the British Library see the Catalogue of Additions. New Series. 1976-1980 sub Add. 61748. All works in the present collection have been published in London by Schott & Co., except where otherwise indicated. For a biography of the composer and discussion of his music, including a full work-list to 1983, see Ian Kemp, Tippett: the composer and his music (1984). Purchased from Otto Haas, 14 Feb. 1986. Paper. Twenty-one volumes.

63820, 63821. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. i, ii. String quartet no. 4; 1977-1978. First performed at the Bath Festival, 20 May 1979. Published in 1982. Two volumes.

63820. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. i. Pencil score. ff. 93. 255 x 380mm.

63821. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. ii. Ink score. ff. 33. 505 x 380mm.

63822, 63823. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. iii, iv. Triple Concerto, for violin, viola, 'cello and orchestra; 1978-1979. Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra and first performed at the Royal Albert Hall, 22 Aug. 1980. Published in 1981. Two volumes.

63822. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. iii. Pencil score. Lacking the 8 bars between cue nos. 152 and 153. ff. 112. 505 x 380mm.

63823. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. iv. Ink score. The first page is reproduced in Kemp, op. cit., between pp. 210 and 211. ff. 66. 505 x 380mm.

63824, 63825. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. v, vi. 'The Wolf Trap Fanfare', for six brass players; 1980. Commissioned for the 1980 Wolf Trap Festival in Virginia and first performed on 29 June. Published in 1982. Two volumes.

63824. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. v. Pencil score. ff. 6. 255 x 380mm.

63825. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. vi. Ink score. With photocopy of letter written 4 Feb. 1980, on completion of the work. ff. ii+4. 255 x 380mm.

63826-63837. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. vii-xviii. 'The Mask of Time', for SATB, chorus and orchestra; 1980-1982. Commisssioned for the 100th anniversary of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and first performed on 5 April 1984. Published in full score in 1983. For related sketches, see Add. 63628. Twelve volumes. 505 x 380mm.

63826, 63827. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. vii, viii. Part I, nos. 1, 2. 'Presence' and 'Creation of the World by Music'. Two volumes.

63826. Vol. vii (ff. 41). Pencil score.

63827. Vol. viii (ff. 61). Ink score.

63828, 63829. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. ix, x. Part I, no. 3. 'Jungle'. Two volumes.

63828. Vol. ix (ff. 38). Pencil score.

63829. Vol. x (ff. 37). Ink score.

63830, 63831. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vols. xi, xii. Part I, no. 4. 'The Ice-cap moves South-North'. Two volumes.

63830. Vol. xi (ff. 8). Pencil score of 40 bars (between cue nos. 99 and 109).

63831. Vol. xii (ff. 56). Ink score of the complete section (lacking the 4 bars between cue nos. 100 and 101).

63832. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xiii (ff. 47). Part I, no. 5. 'Dream of the Paradise Garden'. Pencil score, ink annotations.

63833. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xiv (ff. 65). Part II, no. 6. 'The Triumph of Life'. Pencil score, ink annotations.

63834. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xv (ff. 47). Part II, no. 7. 'Mirror of Whitening Light'. Pencil score, ink annotations.

63835. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xvi (ff. 12). Part II, no. 8. 'Hiroshima, mon amour'. Pencil score, ink annotations.

63836. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xvii (ff. 55). Part II, no. 9. Three Songs. Pencil score, ink annotations.

63837. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xviii (ff. 38). Part II, no. 10. 'The singing will never be done'. Pencil score, ink annotations. Dated 16 Dec. 1982 at end.

63838. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xix. 'The Blue Guitar', sonata for solo guitar; 1983. Pencil score, ink annotations. Commissioned for the 10th anniversary of the Ambassador Auditorium, Pasadena, California, and first performed on 9 Nov. 1983. Published in 1985. For related sketches, see Add. 63628. ff. 33. 255 x 380mm.

63839. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xx. 'Festal Brass with Blues', for brass band; 1983. Pencil score, ink annotations. Commissioned for the Hong Kong Arts Festival and first performed on 6 Feb. 1984. Published by Rosehill Music of Beaconsfield, [1984]. ff. 48. 505 x 380mm.

63840. Tippett Collection (Part ii). Vol. xxi. Piano sonata no. 4; 1983-1984. Pencil score, ink annotations. First performed in Los Angeles, 14 Jan. 1985. Published in 1986. ff. i+77. 255 x 380mm.

71099-71103. Tippett Collection. Part iii. Music manuscripts of Sir Michael Tippett; 1988-1991. Autograph. Supplementing Add. 61748-61804 and 63820-63840; other Tippett manuscripts are Add. 59808 and 61891, Eg. 3786. Purchased from the Tippett Foundation, 27 May 1992. Paper. Five volumes.

71099-71101. Tippett Collection. Part iii. Vols. i-iii. 'New Year', opera in three acts (libretto, the composer); 1988. Draft full score in pencil with annotations in green, black and red inks. Commissioned by Houston Grand Opera, Glyndebourne Festival Opera and the BBC; first performed Houston, 27 Oct. 1989. Vocal score published London: Schott & Co., 1989.

71099. Vol. i. Act I. ff. 168. 510 x 380mm.

71100. Vol. ii. Act II. ff. i+130. 510 x 380mm.

71101. Vol. iii. Act III. ff. ii+133. 540 x 420mm.

71102. Tippett Collection. Part iii. Vol iv. 'Byzantium', for soprano and orchestra; 1990. Draft full score in pencil with annotations in black and red inks. First performance Chicago, 10 April 1991. Vocal score published London: Schott & Co., 1990. ff. 117. 540 x 420mm.

71103. Tippett Collection. Part iii. Vol. v. String quartet no. 5; 1991. Draft score in pencil with annotations in black and red inks. First performance 9 May 1992. Score published London: Schott & Co., 1992. ff. 90. 275 x 425mm. Tippett Collection (Part iv)

72001-72065. Music manuscripts and notebooks of Sir Michael Tippett (b. 1905); circa 1923-1994, n.d. Autograph except where otherwise stated. Supplementing the collections in Add. 61748-61804, 63820-63840, 71099-71103 and 72066-71103; other Tippett MSS. are Add. 59808 and 61891, Eg. 3786. All published works are published by Schott & Co., London, unless otherwise stated. For biographical background information see Ian Kemp, Tippett: the Composer and his Music (1984). For a bibliography of the composer and annotated work-list to 1989, see Gordon Theil, Michael Tippett: a Bio-Bibliography (Westport, Conn., 1989). Purchased from the Tippett Foundation, 7 July 1994. Paper. Sixty-five volumes. British Library arrangement. Arranged as follows: A. Music Manuscripts, arranged chronologically: 72001-72033 B. Notebooks: 72034-72065 A. Music Manuscripts

72001. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. i. Composition, harmony and counterpoint exercises written during Tippett's first year as a student at the Royal College of Music; [1923-1924]. Mainly ink, partly pencil, with pencil annotations and corrections, some possibly in the hand of Charles Wood, Tippett's teacher. Includes copies of Bach chorale harmonisations, exercises in strict counterpoint, and sketches (ff. 7-8) and fair copy (ff. 9-12v) of a three-movement piano work in D minor. Also included (f. 2v) is a page of sketches for a string quartet, possibly the 3rd movement of the Quartet in F major (see Add. 72007). ff. 22. Overall size 362 x 266mm.

72002. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. ii. Five 'Settings' for violin, cello and piano; circa 1926-1927. Ink score. ff. 25. Largest size 360 x 266mm.

1. ff. 2-21. 'Bolsters', a ballet.
2. ff. 21v-23v. 'The House that Jack Built.'
3. ff. 23v-24. 'Cheerly Men.'
4. ff. 24v-25. 'The Yiang-Tse-Kiang.'
5. ff. 25-25v. 'Three Jovial Huntsmen.'

72003, 72004. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. iii, iv. 'The Village Opera', performing arrangement of the ballad opera in three acts by Charles Johnson (1729); 1927-1928. Ink full score with ink and pencil annotations and corrections. Imperfect, lacking Act 3. Two volumes. 356 x 261mm.

72003. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. iii. (ff. ) Act I. The vocal parts incomplete. Also includes (ff. ) an arrangement of 'Love doth enthrall me' possibly intended for the opera, since the same melody is used in the overture (ff. ).

72004. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. iv. (ff. ) Act II. Includes (f. ) an excerpt from an unidentified orchestral work.

72005. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. v. Piano works; circa 1928-1930. Ink scores with pencil annotations. ff. Largest size 370 x 275mm. 1. ff. 'Sonata in C. Minor for Pianoforte'; circa 1928. 2. ff. 'Variations for Dudley, Ten Variations on a Swiss Folk Song as harmonised by Beethoven'; 1929. 3. ff. '"Jockey to the Fair", Variations for Piano Solo'; 1930.

72006. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. vi. 'String Quartet in F minor'; 1929. Ink score and sketches with pencil annotations. One of the pages of sketches (f. ) is for the String Quartet in F major, 3rd movement (see Add. 72007, ff. ). ff. 360 x 270mm.

72007. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. vii. 'Quartet no 2. for strings in F ma.'; 1928, revised Oct. 1930. Ink score. Note on title-page: 'Unpublished. Not to be confused with published Q. no. 2.' ff. 356 x 263mm.

72008. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. viii. Psalm, 'The Gateway', for chorus and small orchestra (words by Christopher Fry); 1930. Copy ink score with autograph pencil annotations. ff. 367 x 277mm.

72009. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. ix. 'String Trio in B flat'; 1932. Ink score, mainly copy, partly autograph, with pencil annotations. For other versions see Add. 72069, 72070. The 2nd movement (ff. ) was reworked for the 2nd movement of the Symphony in B flat (Add. 72010, ff. ). ff. 358 x 264mm.

72010. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. x. Symphony in B flat; 1934. Copy ink score signed 'Jno. F. May', with conductor's markings in pencil and autograph date: 'Spring. 1934.' ff. 361 x 270mm. Blue leather binding with gilt lettering on spine.

72011-72013. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xi-xiii. 'Robin Hood', a folk song opera in two acts by David Michael Pennyless (i.e. with music by Tippett and words by David Ayerst, Michael Tippett and Ruth Pennyman); 1934. Three volumes.

72011. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xi. Act I. Ink draft full score, with pencil and ink annotations and revisions. Imperfect, wanting pp. 8-9 (ff. ), 19-20 (ff. ). ff. Largest size 370 x 273mm.

72012. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xii. Act I. Ink draft vocal score, with ink and pencil annotations and revisions. Partly copy. Apparently imperfect. The pages in a copyist's hand (ff. ) are clearly part of the vocal score of an earlier version. On the title-page is a pencil outline of the scheme of movements for a 'Children's Suite'. ff. Largest size 365 x 267mm.

72013. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xiii. Acts I, II. Ink copy vocal score, with pencil annotations. With an additional song inserted in another hand (ff. ). ff. Principal size 369 x 272mm.

72014, 72015. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xiv, xv. 'A Song of Liberty', for chorus and orchestra (words by William Blake, from 'The Marriage of Heaven and Hell'); 1937. Two volumes.

72014. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xiv. Pencil full score. ff. 366 x 270mm.

72015. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xv. Ink full score, with pencil annotations and conductor's markings. ff. 365 x 265mm. Bound in blue cloth boards, with gold tooled lettering on spine.

72016, 72017. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xvi, xvii. Sonata no. 1, for piano, originally called 'Fantasy Sonata'; 1938, 1954. Partly copy and printed. First published 1942; revised version published 1954. Two volumes.

72016. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xvi. Ink score, entitled '"Fantasy Sonata" for Pianoforte Solo op. 4'; 1938. Ink copy signed 'Jno. F. May', with date 'July. 1938' (f. ), dedication 'To Francesca Allinson' (f. ) and some pencil annotations in autograph. Most of the pencil annotations are probably in the hand of Phyllis Sellick, who gave the first performance on 11 Nov. 1938 at Queen Mary Hall, London. This score differs in various details from that published in 1942. ff. Overall size 369 x 270mm.

72017. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xvii. Printed score (1942) with mainly ink and some pencil revisions in preparation for the revised version (1954); 1954? Some of the revisions are on appended sheets (ff. ). With a sheet of ink 'Notes for the Copyist' explaining the annotations (f. ), and two sheets of pencil notes (ff. ) apparently consisting of corrections to the proofs of the revised version. ff. Principal size 312 x 229mm.

72018. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xviii. 'Robert of Sicily', children's opera in ten scenes (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1938. ff. 1. ff. Typewritten libretto. Overall size 263 x 205mm. 2. ff. Ink full score, dated 1 March 1938, with a few conductor's markings in pencil. 366 x 270mm. 72019, 72020. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xix, xx. 'Seven at one Stroke', play for children (words by Christopher Fry), music arranged by Tippett from traditional sources; 1939. Two volumes.

72019. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xix. Ink full score with a few conductor's markings in pencil. ff. Principal size 366 x 270mm.

72020. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xx. Ink copy vocal score in the hand of John F. May (see Add. 72010, 72016), with pencil annotations and revisions. ff. Principal size 306 x 242mm.

72021. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxi. Pencil sketches for the second and third movements of the Concerto for Double String Orchestra (ff. ) and for 'Seven at one Stroke' (f. ); circa 1939. For pencil and ink scores of the Concerto see Add. 61750, 61751. For full and vocal scores of 'Seven at one Stroke' see Add. 72019, 72020.

72022. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxii. Pencil sketches mainly for 'The Midsummer Marriage' but also for the Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli (ff. ); 1946-1953? For other MSS. of 'The Midsummer Marriage' see Add. 53771, 61766 and of the Fantasia Concertante see Add. 61769. ff. Overall size 300 x 232mm.

72023. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxiii. Concert opening and ending for Sosostris' Air from 'The Midsummer Marriage'; n.d. Ink full score with pencil annotations. ff. 357 x 264mm.

72024, 72025. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xxiv, xxv. Alternative finale for 'Suite for the Birthday of Prince Charles', later discarded in favour of a revised version of the original finale; 1948. See also Add. 61767. Two volumes. 365 x 270mm.

72024. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxiv. Pencil score. ff.

72025. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxv. Ink score, partly copy, with pencil annotations. ff.

72026. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxvi. Sketches for the Concerto for piano and orchestra (1953-1955) and various other works; 1946-1978, n.d. Mainly pencil. The concerto was first performed at Birmingham Town Hall, 6 Oct. 1956. Pencil score at the Barber Institute for Fine Arts, Birmingham. Full score printed [1955?]; Music Library copy, with MS. annotations, some of them autograph, at pressmark i.284. Two-piano reduction published 1957, study score published 1968. ff. i+39. Principal size 300 x 231mm. Identifiable sketches are as follows:

1. ff. 1, 2-3, 5. 'The Heart's Assurance'; 1950-1951. Some sketches (ff. 3, 5) are possibly for an unused song or for a different work. Commissioned by Peter Pears and first performed at the Wigmore Hall, London, 7 May 1951. Published 1951. Pencil and ink scores at the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.
2. ff. 4, 5v, 8v. 'The Midsummer Marriage'; 1946-1952. Some sketches (f. 8v) possibly for an unidentified work. For pencil full score see Add. 53771, for one leaf of ink full score see Add. 61766.
3. ff. 6. Arrangement of Henry Purcell, 'Fairest Isle' from King Arthur, possibly for the 'Masque of the Queens'; n.d. For related sketches see Add. 72027.
4. ff. 6v-7. Four Inventions for Descant and Treble Recorders; 1954. For pencil and ink scores see Add. 61771, 61772.
5. ff. 7v-8, 9v, 10v, 11v-12, 13. Divertimento 'Sellinger's Round'; 1953-1954. For incomplete pencil score see Add. 61771.
6. ff. 14, 15, 15v, 16v. Sonata for four horns; 1953. For ink score see Add. 61773.
7. ff. 9, 11, 12v, 16, 17-24v. Concerto for piano and orchestra; 1953-1955.
8. ff. 25-26. Four Songs from the British Isles, no. 3, 'Poortith Cauld'; 1956. For pencil score of no. 3 see Add. 61775.
9. ff. 14v, 27-29, 30, 31v. Symphony no. 2; 1956-1957. Some sketches (f. 31v) possibly for the Piano Concerto. For pencil and ink scores of the symphony see Add. 61776, 61777.
10. ff. 26v. 'Crown of the Year', 1st and 2nd movements; 1958. For pencil and ink scores see Add. 61778, 61779.
11. ff. 29v, 32v-33, 34v. 'King Priam'; 1958-1961. Some sketches (ff. 29v, 34v) may be for an unidentified work. For ink full score see Egerton 3786.
12. f. 29. Piano Sonata no. 2; 1962. For pencil and ink scores see Add. 61784, 61785.
13. ff. 35, 35v. 'The Vision of Saint Augustine'; 1963-1965. For pencil and ink scores see Add. 61791, 61792.
14. f. 36. String Quartet no. 4; 1977-1978. For pencil and ink scores see Add. 63820, 63821.

72027. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxvii. Two sketches for an orchestral work, 'Masque of the Queens'; n.d. Pencil score with a few ink annotations. Apparently incomplete. One sketch (ff. 2-3v), headed 'Interlude I', is an arrangement of 'Fairest Isle' from King Arthur by Henry Purcell (see also Add. 72026, f. 6); the other (ff. 4-6) is for an unnamed movement. ff. 6. 361 x 265mm.

72028, 72029. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxvii. 'Words for Music Perhaps', for speaking voices and chamber ensemble (words by W.B. Yeats); 1960. Commissioned by the BBC and broadcast on the BBC Third Programme, 8 June 1960. Two volumes.

72028. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxviii. Pencil score. ff. Principal size 358 x 254mm.

72029. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxix. Ink score. ff. Largest size 361 x 265mm.

72030. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxx. 'Prelude, Recitative and Air', arranged from third interlude in Act III of 'King Priam', for flute, oboe and harpsichord or piano; 1963. Ink score with directions to copyist for adaptation from published vocal score (1962), and with pencil annotations. ff. 297 x 233mm.

72031. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxi. Music for 'The Tempest' (by William Shakespeare), for voices and instruments; 1962. With a signed letter from Tippett to Eric [Walter White?] dated 15 March 1968 (ff. 1-2v). First performed at the Old Vic, London, 29 May 1962. For Ariel's three songs (ff. 4-7) arranged for medium voice and piano or harpsichord or instrumental ensemble as 'Songs for Ariel' see Add. 61786. ff. 27. Largest size 298 x 233mm. Green half-leather binding with gold-tooled lettering on spine.

72032. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxii. 'Braint', no. 6 of 'Severn Bridge: Variations on a Welsh Folk Song'; 1966. Pencil score. The variations were commissioned by the BBC West Region and first performed at the Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, 11 Jan. 1967. The other five variations were composed by Malcolm Arnold, Alun Hoddinott, Nicholas Maw, Daniel Jones and Grace Williams. ff. Largest size 358 x 264mm.

72033. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxiii. 'The Rose Lake, a song without words for orchestra'; 1991-1993. Draft partly in pencil and partly in ink, with annotations in black and red ink, many of them directions to the copyist Michael Tillett. Dated 22 April 1993 at end. Apparently imperfect, lacking pp. 87-99. Commissioned jointly by the London Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra and Toronto Symphony Orchestra to celebrate Tippett's 90th birthday and first performed at the Barbican Hall, London, 19 Feb. 1995. Published 1994. ff. Largest size 533 x 420mm. B. Notebooks

72034-72053. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. xxxiv-liii. Numbered notebooks, containing sketches and notes for musical compositions and drafts of libretti, texts and articles; 1939-1969, n.d. The articles were mostly published in Moving into Aquarius (1959, rev. 1974), Music of the Angels (1980) and Tippett on Music (Oxford, 1995). Twenty volumes.

72034. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxiv. Notebook 1, 'Sketch for a Modern Oratorio', typewritten draft scenario for 'A Child of our Time'; 1939. Originally intended as a basis for a text by T.S. Eliot, though the final text was by the composer. ff. 260 x 205mm.

72035. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxv. Notebook 2, pencil draft of the text of Part II of 'A Child of our Time; circa 1939. Evidently earlier than Add. 72034. ff. 202 x 165mm.

72036. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxvi. Notebook 9, '72036King Priam', pencil sketch for libretto; circa 1958. ff. 202 x 159mm.

72037. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxvii. Notebook 9a, mainly pencil, partly ink notes for 'King Priam' and drafts of 'The Composer and his Public', 'Opera since 1900', writings on 'The Midsummer Marriage' and other works; circa 1954-circa 1958, n.d. Mainly in English, partly in French and Italian. ff. 224 x 172mm.

72038. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxviii. Notebook 10, pencil drafts for synopsis and libretto of 'King Priam', and for various chapters of 'Moving into Aquarius'; circa 1958, 1959? ff. 228 x 172mm.

72039. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xxxix. Notebook 11, 'King Priam', pencil draft of libretto and sketches for music; circa 1960. ff. 201 x 158mm.

72040. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xl. Notebook 12, pencil sketches for 'Songs for Achilles', 'Songs for Ariel', Concerto for Orchestra and for the plot of 'The Knot Garden', also pencil and ink writings on the Praeludium for Brass, Bells and Percussion and on The Letters of Beethoven, edited by Emily Anderson (1961); circa 1958-circa 1966, n.d. ff. 201 x 162mm.

72041. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xli. Notebook 13, 'The Knot Garden', ink draft of libretto, pencil sketches for music; 1966-1969. ff. 203 x 157mm.

72042. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlii. Notebook 14, 'The Knot Garden', ink sketches for libretto; circa 1966. ff. 195 x 162mm.

72043. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xliii. Notebook 15, drafts of the preface and text and sketches for the music of 'The Vision of Saint Augustine', scenario for 'The Knot Garden' (here entitled 'A Touch of Caliban'), and draft of 'Britten at Fifty'; circa 1963-circa 1969. Mainly pencil, partly ink. ff. 225 x 171mm.

72044. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xliv. Notebooks 16-20, various writings; 1952?-circa 1965, n.d. Mainly pencil. ff. Largest size 176 x 220mm. Principal contents:

1. ff. Notebook 16, including drafts for the following writings: 'Lyric and Epic', 'The BBC's Duty to Society', 'A People and their Music'; 1964, 1965, n.d.
2. ff. Notebook 17, draft of a paper on opera; n.d.
3. ff. Notebook 18, dated on cover 'Morcote 1952', consisting mainly of a draft of a paper on religious questions; 1952?
4. ff. Notebook 19, mainly used for drafts and notes for Moving into Aquarius; circa 1958.
5. ff. Notebook 20, 'Popular and Serious Music', possibly a script for a radio programme; circa 1965.

72045. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlv. Notebooks 21-24, drafts of various writings; 1956?, n.d. Pencil with occasional ink annotations. ff. Principal size 204 x 159mm. Principal contents:

1. ff. Notebook 21, including 'Stimulus/Situation & Response. I', later published as first part of 'Too many Choices' in Moving into Aquarius; n.d.
2. ff. Notebook 22, including an article on Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis, published in revised form in Tippett on Music; n.d.
3. ff. Notebook 23, 'An Irish Basset-horn', article about George Bernard Shaw; 1956?
4. ff. Notebook 24, including 'Stimulus & Response II', later published as the second part of 'Too many choices' in Moving into Aquarius; n.d.

72046. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlvi. Notebook 25, including drafts of the following writings: 'The Artist's Mandate', 'The First Performance of Jenufa in England', 'Stravinsky and Les Noces', and a paper on non-violence; 1956, 1957, n.d. Pencil. ff. 197 x 162mm.

72047. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlvii. Notebooks 26, 27, drafts of various writings; 1956?, n.d. Pencil with ink annotations, not all in Tippett's hand. ff. Largest size 203 x 160mm. Principal contents:

1. ff. Notebook 26, writings on Purcell; n.d. Partly in French.
2. ff. Notebook 27, 'A Time to Recall'; 1956?

72048. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlviii. Notebook 28, miscellaneous writings, including drafts and notes for talks broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in Jan. 1952 as a radio obituary for Schoenberg, also 'The Birth of an Opera'; 1952? Pencil with some ink annotations. ff. 225 x 174mm.

72049. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. xlix. Notebook 29, consisting of notes on pacifist matters and the draft of a paper on the Elizabethan madrigal; n.d. Pencil. ff. 200 x 161mm.

72050. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. l. Notebook 30, containing pencil notes and drafts of writings and talks on Purcell, 'The Midsummer Marriage', 'A Child of our Time' and an autobiographical sketch; circa 1949. Imperfect. ff. 245 x 195mm.

72051. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. li. Notebook 31, notes on dreams and draft of libretto of Part III of 'A Child of our Time'; 1939? Ink and pencil. ff. 202 x 162mm.

72052. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lii. Notebook 32, journal; 1937-1941. Ink and pencil. ff. 203 x 160mm.

72052. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. liii. Notebook 33, Memoranda; 1941? Ink. ff. 199 x 160mm.

72054-72065. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. liv-lxv. Unnumbered notebooks, containing sketches and notes for musical compositions and drafts of libretti and other writings; 1946-1991. Twelve volumes.

72054-72059. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vols. liv-lix. Drafts of the libretto, scenarios and notes for 'The Midsummer Marriage', and other writings; 1946-circa 1951. Mainly pencil, partly ink. Six volumes.

72054. Vol. liv. Sketchbook 1. ff. 202 x 162mm.

72055. Vol. lv. Sketchbook 2. ff. 223 x 175mm.

72056. Vol. lvi. Sketchbook 3. ff. 203 x 163mm.

72057. Vol. lvii. Sketchbook 4. ff. 203 x 164mm.

72058. Vol. lviii. Sketchbook 5. ff. 224 x 174mm.

72059. Vol. lix. Sketchbook 6. ff. 224 x 170mm.

72060. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol lx. Comments in ink on 'The Knot Garden' in several different hands (ff. ), followed by pencil comments and an ink draft of a paper on Schoenberg's 'Moses and Aron'; circa 1965-circa 1966. ff. 203 x 164mm.

72061. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lxi. Symphony no. 3, draft of words for Part II, with revisions and corrections in another hand and sketches for the music, also other writings including a draft scenario for 'The Ice Break' and a script for the BBC programme 'With Great Pleasure'; circa 1970-circa 1975. ff. 301 x 210mm.

72062. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lxii. Drafts for the libretto and sketches for the music of 'The Ice Break'; circa 1973. Ink and pencil. ff. 226 x 177mm.

72063. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lxiii. Libretto drafts and music sketches for 'The Ice Break', formal outlines for Symphony no. 4, String Quartet no. 4 and a projected piano quintet (ff. ), and other writings; circa 1973-circa 1978. Ink and pencil. ff. 302 x 215mm.

72064. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lxiv. Ink notes for the Triple Concerto, 'The Mask of Time', 'The Blue Guitar' and Piano Sonata no. 4; 1978-1984. ff. 198 x 160mm.

72065. Tippett Collection (Part iv). Vol. lxv. Ink sketches for String Quartet no. 5; 1990-1991. The label on the front cover reads: 'Tippett Notebook (The Rose Lake)'. ff. 228 x 174mm. Tippett Collection (Part v)

72066-72071. Music manuscripts of early works of Sir Michael Tippett (b. 1905); circa 1927-circa 1935. Autograph except where otherwise stated. Supplementing the collection in Add. 72001-72065. Purchased from John Amis, Esq., 29 July 1994. Paper. Six volumes. British Library arrangement.

72066. Tippett Collection (Part v). Vol. i. 'The Undying Fire', for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra (words by H. G. Wells); circa 1927. Ink full score, incomplete. With typewritten copy of the libretto (ff. ) pasted into the front of the score. ff. 367 x 274mm.<P. 72068. Tippett Collection (Part v). Vol. iii. Symphonic Movement, for orchestra; circa 1930-circa 1931. Ink score with pencil annotations, mostly conductor's markings. ff. 356 x 265mm.

72069-72070. Tippett Collection (Part v). Vols. iv, v. String Trio in B flat, arrangement for orchestra; 1932? For original version see Add. 72009. Two volumes.

72069. Tippett Collection (Part v). Vol. iv. Ink short score, with instrumentation markings and other annotations in pencil. Copy in the same hand as most of Add. 72009. Incomplete. ff. 303 x 238mm.

72070. Tippett Collection (Part v). Vol. v. Pencil score. Imperfect, pp. 1-23, 49-56, 65-74 only. ff. 369 x 273mm.