Item 1 - Francis Turner: Book of compositions

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MCPP/FT/1/4/1

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Francis Turner: Book of compositions

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  • 1941-1946 (Creation)
  • 1930 (Creation)
  • 1928 (Creation)
  • 1920-1924 (Creation)
  • 1914 (Creation)

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1 volume, paper

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Turner, Francis McDougall Charlewood (1897-1982), Tutor, Pepys Librarian, President and Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
(1897- 18 January 1982)

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A compiled volume of Francis Turner's musical compositions. Includes:

  • 'Prelude for piano' (1914)

  • 'Old Meg' [n.d.]

  • 'Two Dirge Songs in E minor and G major' (1920)

  • 'Orpheus and his lute' (1922)

  • 'Ozymandias of Egypt' (1923)

  • 'Song: The Conclusion' (1924)

  • 'Song: Breathe my lute' (1938), written for the play 'The Tragedy of Lady Jane Grey'

  • 'Choral prelude for organ' (1941: on theme of J.C. Bach)

  • 'Humphrey's return', 'His Dogs' and 'Epilogue at Midnight'. (1942-46)

  • 'Sonata for pianoforte' [n.d.]

  • 'Piano Sonata' [n.d.]

  • 'The Battle of the Book' (1930: the original MS of FT's music)

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      F/FT/III

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