Leigh, Walter, 1905-1942 (composer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1942
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91), 1869 - 1933
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271
Dates:
1869 - 1933
Found in:
Christ's College Archives
/
Fellows' Papers
Item
Information about the donation from Andrew Leigh, son of Walter Leigh., 2018
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/1
File
'Jolly Roger: a Comic Opera', 1932
File
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/5
Item
Photocopy of the manuscript of the song 'Lenten Ys Come with Love'.
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/4
Item
Photocopy of the manuscript of the song 'On May Morning'., 192808
Item
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/3
File
Two photocopies of manuscripts of Walter Leigh's song 'Now the Bright Morning Star' (text by John Milton)., 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/2
Scope and Contents
Item 2a is a working manuscript, with crossings-out. Following the end of the compositionis a further page that appears to be a working-out of musical ideas for this same piece. It is in three voices, but without text. Item 2b is a fair copy manuscript, with just a few textual crossings-out. Its first page is signed "W.L. 1927".
Dates:
1927
File
Walter Leigh (1906-42): `Peculiar noises' (I went to Broadcasting House), words by Herbert Farjeon, for voice and piano, probably autograph
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8959/19
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Including William Alwyn, F. Baker, Don Banks, Benjamin Britten, Joseph Horowitz, Leonard Kastle, Elisabeth Lutyens, Walter Leigh, Peter MacNaughton-Smith, Buxton Orr, Alan Rawsthorne, Humphrey Searle, Matyas Seiber, James Stevens, Donald Swann, Alexander Walton, Sir William Walton; poems 'O the valley in the summer', 'I am a jam tart' by Wystan Hugh Auden.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 1
- Subject
- Songs 3
- Musical performances 1
- Musical theatre 1
- Operetta 1
- Oratorios 1