Musical scores, 1930-1975

Containers:

Folio-Box 13

Component identifier:

File Packet 5c

Content Summary:

Manuscript scores for the following pieces: 'Magpies at Sunrise', 1946; 'Memories of a Happy Day', 1939; 'The Poplar Avenue', 1974 (originally composed in 1936 and dedicated to Dr Julian Smith); 'Rhapsody in F# minor' and 'Burlesque in A minor'; 'Rhapsody No. 2 in A Minor', 1954; 'Reflected Reeds' - piano solo, 1956; 'Scherzo in G': for piano, 1937 (dedicated to Hazel King); 'Spring' - piano solo, 1939 (and score with improved notation, 1967); The Spring of Joy' - for pianoforte (dedicated to Kittie Traill); 'Sonata', 1941-1944 (a war-time work, written while Hyde's husband was a prisoner of war); 'Study in A♭', 1970; 'Study in A Minor' and 'Pastoral Study in G Minor', 1973; 'Study in Blue, White and Gold' - for piano, 1969; sSymphony in F minor', 1930-31; 'Tap Tune', 1946; Valley of Rocks, 1974; 'Variations on Waltzing Matilda', nd; 'Wedding March', 1973; 'Wet Night on the Highway', 1958; and 'Wych Wood', 1960.

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was donated to the Library by Miriam Hyde in a number of instalments from 1976 to 1996. A further instalment was donated to the Library by Hyde's daughter Christine Edwards in 2021.

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