Articles, interviews and talks,
- X1.
- Cyfres / Series
- 1965-2013.
Articles, interviews and talks,
Articles and treatise on Alun Hoddinott,
A few articles, 1954-2006, written by others, relating to the composer; together with a bound typescript copy of a treatise entitled 'The Choral music of Alun Hoddinott: an analysis and related conclusions concerning performance', by Stewart J. Clarke and presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at Austin in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Musical Arts (The University of Texas at Austin, May 1977).
Articles and reviews by Alun Hoddinott,
Manuscript drafts, typescripts, proofs and press cuttings, [1960x1993], of a number of articles, reviews and obituaries written by Alun Hoddinott. A handwritten list of articles which were written between 1958 and 1965, with dates and names of publications, mainly the Western Mail, is included.
Papers, 1954-2006, comprising mainly articles, reviews, interviews and talks by Alun Hoddinott, and articles by others relating to the composer. Drafts of a proposed book on Alan Rawsthorne, together with a few bibliographies and biographies, are included.
Arabesque : : [for violin and piano],
Ancestor worship : : four poems for baritone and piano, op. 82,
Ink score, dated July 1977; and pencil sketches. Words by Emyr Humphreys.
Humphreys, Emyr
Alun Hoddinott, 2017 (additional),
An additional group of paper collated by Rhiannon Hoddinot. Some items, including letters to Rhiannon and press articles post-date the death of Alun Hoddinott in 2008. The additional group of papers include, interviews and talks, 1965-2013; certificates and awards, 1938-2007; letters, 1958-2013; some personal and biographical papers, 1948-2010; programmes and press articles, 1964-2012.
Letters, 1992-1998, from Alice Bliss, Atlanta, Georgia, mainly relating to the commissions ‘Three Motets’ and ‘One must always have love’. Five letters, 1992-1998, from Alfred Calabrese, Emory University, relating to the above commissions, are included.
Bliss, Alice, 1925-
Letters from Alfred Lengnick & Co., Ltd Publishers, 1990-1997, relating to contracts and the publication and promotion of works. Minutes of a meeting with Lengnick, 7 February 1992, and a catalogue of Alun Hoddinott's works are included.
Alfred Lengnick and Company.
Memorandums of agreement, 1954-1981, between the composer and OUP, relating to named works. Royalty statements, 1967 and 1968 are included.
Address to melancholy : : for tenor and thirteen instruments,
Three ink full scores, one dated 3 May 1949, and the others dated 13 October 1949.
four poems by C. Day Lewis.
Ink full score, dated 28 November 1947.
Accumulated material, 1963-2008, comprising mainly libretti and various scripts which were apparently not set to music; and typescript copies of plays and volumes of poetry. The manuscript of a carol dedicated to the composer and his wife is included.
Letters, 1995-2008, from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), regarding commissions and publications.
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Great Britain)
Ink score of a song beginning with the words 'A widow bird ...', for tenor and piano.
A vision of eternity : : symphony for soprano and orchestra, [op. 145],
Ink full score; photocopy of ink full score; photocopy of full score without woodwind and brass instruments (corrections in red ink); photocopy of ink reduced score; photocopy of reduced score (with corrections in red ink), with a letter from Alun Hoddinott to Gwyneth [Jones] and a list of 'adjustments' relating to the soprano part; and another copy of the reduced score (with corrections in red ink).
Letters and details, 1991-1992, of the commissioning of 'A May Song', performed at the opening ceremony of the Garden Festival Wales, 1 May 1992.
A May song : : for voices and orchestra,
Bound photocopy of ink full score; and photocopy of ink vocal score.
A lover's complaint : for tenor and string quartet
A setting of 'Come away, death' (Shakespeare). Ink full score, dated 17 November 1949; together with ink piano score (undated); and pencil sketches.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
A contemplation upon flowers : : three songs for soprano and orchestra, op. 90,
Ink full score and vocal score, both dated June 1976. Typescript copies of the poems are included, and a photocopy of the full score.
poems chosen by Myfanwy Piper.