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Autograph scores of original compositions and arrangements of William Bowie, organist and music teacher at the Royal High School, Edinburgh.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21875-21877
Dates:
1958-1969, undated.
Corrected full score of 'Thomas the Rhymer', an opera in four acts by David Johnson.
File
Identifier: MS.22152
Scope and Contents
The opera is based on the Border ballad collected by Sir Walter Scott (folio 1).Of the many corrections the most substantial are the additional leaves at folios 11, 21, 35, 38 (formerly stapled to folio 39), 45 (formerly stapled to folio 44) 46, 53-54, 57 and 100 (formerly stapled to folio 101). Leaves are cut out after folio 80 and 108.The score is preceded by a typed press release (folio i) and a printed programme (folio iii) of the premiere, which was performed in...
Dates:
1974-1976.
Papers of Sir George Henschel.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6211/1-23
Scope and Contents
Comprising manuscript scores of musical compositions, including the opera "Nubia", concert programmes, press notices, and letters and copies of letters to Henschel from correspondents including: Princess Louise, A J Balfour, Gordon Bottomley, and Sir D Y Cameron.
Dates:
1879-1934.