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
Drafts, sketches and fragments of identified works by Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22187-22190
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1971], undated.
Musical compositions of Ronald Center., Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.22171-22193
Dates:
Mid 20th century-[?1973], undated
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
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center and a miscellany of papers of Center and his wife Evelyn.
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Musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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Drafts, sketches and fragments of musical compositions of Ronald Center.
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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.