Identity area
Reference code
OTUFM 10-A-073
Title
Six songs to poems by e.e. cummings : for baritone and piano
Date(s)
- 1980-1982 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 ms. score (4, 18 p.) : pencil + 14 pages of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
(1927-2022)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John Beckwith (1996)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
File consists of sketches and the manuscript score for a set of six songs with texts by e.e. cummings for baritone and piano. It was composed as a sequel to the Four Songs to poems by e.e. cummings for soprano (1950). The songs are:
- buy me an ounce and i'll send you a pound
- ITEM
- "o purple finch
- Jimmie's got a goil
- that melancholy
- let it go.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Text in English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Other sketch pages are included with Three motets on Swan's "China".
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former identifiers
8.61 - 78464 rbsc
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Aldeburgh Connection (Subject)
- Cummings, E. E. (Subject)