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The sketchbook from later years

MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 3

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Title

The sketchbook from later years

Shelfmark

MS. Odling Sterndale Bennett 3

Summary

Comprises:

(p. [1]): 'But ye the wise who think', piece for accompanied SATB beginning in D minor. Fragment in short score, n.d.

(p. [2]): Vocal fragment starting at the bottom of previous page '[And mix the] seasons and the golden hours'. Sketch, crossed out, n.d.

(p. [3]): Chorale-like piece in F minor, ... 'we weep our thanks to thee'. Short score of the last 8 bars, n.d.

(pp. [3-7]): WO 65, 'Tell me where, ye summer breezes', song for medium voice and piano'. Unfinished draft, n.d.

(p. [7]): Double chant in E minor. Pencil draft of mostly melody only, n.d.

(p. [8]): 'Mädchen mit dem rothen [sic] Mündchen', words of 3 verses by H. Heine written as text in German and in English translation by T. Case. In ink, with one line of the English text corrected in blue crayon, n.d.

(p. [9]): Single chant in A minor. Short score, dated 24 Aug 1869.

(p. [9]): Op. 47, no. 1, Maiden mine [from 'The last set of four songs']. Unfinished sketch, with English and German words, n.d.

(p. [10]) blank.

(p. [11-12]): U 19, 'Dost thou murmur at life's sorrow', song for voice and piano. Score, dated 21 Sep 1861.

(p. [13]): 'And gathering all the fruit'. Fragment in pencil, n.d.

(p. [14]): Single chant in C minor. Short score, dated 2 Sep 1864.

(p. [14]): WO 63, [God who madest earth and heaven]. Sketch of a hymn tune in G major, n.d.

(p. [15]): 'Romanza' for piano in A minor. Sketch of the first 21 bars, n.d.

(p. [16]) blank.

Date

1861-1869, n.d.

Language

English

Physical extent

1 volume

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Collection contents

Archive of William Sterndale Bennett acquired from the Odling family

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