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Quartets. Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: A composition for a quartet (a group of four people playing music or singing together). Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Chamber music, undated, of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22179-22185
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn. / Musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Final versions of musical compositions of Ronald Center.

Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22190
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn. / Musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center.

Musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22193
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The musical compositions consist of final versions (MSS.22171-22186), and sketches, drafts and fragments (MSS.22187-22193). The other papers consist largely of press cuttings.

Dates: Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

Sketches and drafts of Ronald Centre for identified choral works, works for string orchestra, string quartets numbers 2 and 3, and a suite for solo cello., [?1957-?1971.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22190
Scope and Contents

A contents list has been provided (folio i): the dates are those of the sheets (concert or recital programmes, and wedding stationery) on the backs of which the sketches have been drafted.

Dates: [?1957-?1971.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn. / Musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center. / Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center.

Sketches for String Quartet No. 2 and for a suite for strings by Ian Whyte, Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.22091
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Sketches for ‘String quartet no. 2’ including for the first movement, with a fair copy in full score of the opening (folio 1);

(ii) Sketches for a suite for strings (folio 37).

Dates: Mid 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte, and papers and music of his son, Don Whyte, chiefly undated. / Orchestral, vocal and other music scores of Ian Whyte.

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