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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

Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271
Dates: 1869 - 1933
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers
 Item

Information about the donation from Andrew Leigh, son of Walter Leigh., 2018

Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/1
Dates: 2018
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers / 271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91)
 File

'Jolly Roger: a Comic Opera', 1932

Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/5
Dates: 1932
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers / 271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91)
 Item

Photocopy of the manuscript of the song 'Lenten Ys Come with Love'.

Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/4
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers / 271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91)
 Item

Photocopy of the manuscript of the song 'On May Morning'., 192808

Reference Code: GBR/1849/FP/271/3
Dates: 192808
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers / 271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91)
 File

Two photocopies of manuscripts of Walter Leigh's song 'Now the Bright Morning Star' (text by John Milton)., 1927

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
Found in: Christ's College Archives / GBR/1849/FP, Fellows' Papers / 271 MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS BY WALTER LEIGH (1905-42) AND THE REV. WALTER LEIGH (1826-91)
 File

Walter Leigh (1906-42): `Peculiar noises' (I went to Broadcasting House), words by Herbert Farjeon, for voice and piano, probably autograph

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: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / GBR/0012/MS Add.8959, Hedli Anderson: Collection of MS music / Original MSS of music by various composers and arrangers

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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
 

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