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Sinfonia. Musical compositions.

 Subject
Subject Source: Other Source
Scope Note: Symphonies; also (in Baroque music) orchestral pieces used as an introduction to an opera, cantata, or suite. Source: 'Concise Oxford English dictionary', 11th edition (Oxford, 2004).

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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.

Drafts, sketches and fragments of unidentified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973].

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22191-22193
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].

Music manuscript sketch-book, undated, of Ronald Center containing sketches for a work on Mary Queen of Scots, sketches for a string quartet and the first movement of a Sinfonia da Camera., [?1973.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.22191
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Sketches for a work on Mary Queen of Scots (folios 1, 7-9; cf. MS.22189, folio 7 and MS.22192);

(ii) Sketches for a string quartet (folio 1 verso)

(iii) The first movement of a Sinfonia da Camera (folio 5).

All are undated, but may belong to the last year of Ronald Center's life.

A leaf has been torn out before folio 1.

Dates: [?1973.]

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

Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22194
Scope and Contents

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-1988, undated.