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Malcolm Arnold archive: Autograph scores: Concertos

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1944-1990

24 scores

25 autograph scores:

01. Original first movement of an abandoned horn concerto (1944) [Arnold's publishers Novello later added the title Burlesque for horn and orchestra]

02. Concerto for Clarinet and Strings Op. 20 (1948), arranged for clarinet and piano, unsigned

03. Concerto for Two Pianos [Piano Duet] and Strings Op. 32 (1951), ‘for Helen Pyke and Paul Hamburger, London, May 15/51’, unsigned

04. Concerto for Oboe and Strings (arranged for oboe and piano) Op. 39 (1952), full score, dedicated to Léon Goosens, unsigned, [n.d]

05/01. Concerto for Flute and Strings (arranged for flute and piano) Op. 45 (1954) dedicated to Richard Adeney

05/02. Concerto for Flute and Strings Op. 45 (3 February 1954), rough score, dedicated to Richard Adeney

05/03. Concerto for Flute and Strings Op. 45 (13 Jan 1954), rough drafts

06. Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra Op. 46 (26 June 1954), unsigned, dedicated to Larry Adler

07. Concerto for Organ and Orchestra Op. 47 (October 1954), full score

08/01. Serenade for Guitar and Strings Op. 50 (1955), full score, dedicated to Julian Bream

08/02. Serenade for Guitar and Strings Op. 50 (1955), piano reduction, for Julian Bream, unsigned, [n.d.]

09. Grand Concerto Gastronomique for eater, waiter, food and large orchestra Op. 76 (1961), signed ‘November 1st/61’

10/01. Concerto for Viola and Chamber Orchestra Op. 108 (1971), to Roger Best and the Northern Sinfonia, signed ‘St. Merryn March 2/71’

10/02. Concerto for Viola Op. 108 (1971), fragment of sketch, unsigned,[n.d.]

11. Concerto No. 2 for Flute and Orchestra Op. 111 (1972), for Richard Adeney, signed, ‘Dublin December 8/72’; with later inscription in red, ‘To Katherine, Many Happy Returns, With Love from Dad July 7/74’

12/01. Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 115 (1974), for Benny Goodman with admiration and affection, signed, ‘Dublin April 24/74’, with a further undated inscription ‘to dear Robin [Benson, Arnold's doctor]’

12/02. Concerto No. 2 for Clarinet and Orchestra Op. 115 (1974), sketch for first movement [not in Arnold’s hand]

13. Philharmonic Concerto Op.120 (1976), for the London Philharmonic Orchestra on Bicentennial Celebrations of the U.S.A, signed, 'May 23/76, Co. Dublin', with a further undated inscription 'to Anthony [King] with love from Dad'; with a manuscript note inserted by Anthony King on provenance of the score and details of its binding - the first of Malcolm Arnold's autograph scores bound in this way and the model used for the binding of all his subsequent scores

14. Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra [Op. 125 (1982)], full score, signed, ‘Northampton January 21/82’

15. Concerto for Recorder and [chamber] orchestra Op. 133 (1988), ?draft, for Michala Petri, signed, ‘Attleborough Norfolk February 20/88’

16/01. Concerto for cello and orchestra (‘Shakespearean’) Op. 136 (1988, revised/2000), full score, dedicated to Julian Lloyd-Webber, signed, ‘Attleborough Norfolk, 1988’

16/02. Concerto for cello and orchestra (‘Shakespearean’) Op. 136 (1988, revised/2000), sketches. Dedicated to Julian Lloyd-Webber; inscribed ‘Attleborough Norfolk August 5th 1988’; and ‘To Anthony With Love’; another inscription in Anthony Day’s hand – ‘R[oyal] P[hilharmonic] O[rchestra] opening concert 27 7 1989’

17. Violin Concerto Op. 140 (1988-1989), four fragments of sketches, dated ‘Sunday November 22/88’

18. Sinfonia Concertante Op.143 (1989-1990), sketches for flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon and strings, unsigned, undated [this is a copy – see original on the reverse of sketch for ‘Contrasts’ at MS 921/01/09/05/03]

19. Sketch for incomplete Saxophone Concerto [c.1989/1990]

Bowers, Timothy: Strings, winds, pipes, piano and food - the concertos of Malcolm Arnold, Queen's Temple Publications (2013)