Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1940?]-2007. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
96 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The music manuscripts of Alun Hoddinott, comprising mainly scores and sketches, [1940?]-2007, of orchestral, chamber and instrumental music, music for brass and wind ensembles, choral music, operas, songs, and incidental music. Early compositions and works known to have been withdrawn by the composer from his own list of works are included, together with a group of unidentified miscellaneous sketches.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW in nine groups: juvenilia and withdrawn works; orchestral music; chamber and instrumental music; music for brass and wind ensembles; choral music; operas; songs; incidental music; miscellaneous sketches.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents.
Note
Titles are given in full, including opus numbers. Where titles on manuscripts are missing or incomplete, the additional information appears within square brackets, based on titles listed in Stewart Craggs: a source book (Aldershot, 2007).
Note
Information relating to commissions, dedications and performances are only included when the information is noted on the actual manuscript. For full details relating to all works see the composer's manuscript lists of works (BB1/1) and Stewart R. Craggs, Alun Hoddinott: a source book (Aldershot, 2007).
Note
Preferred citation: A.