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ReferenceHOL/1/1/63

Title

The Wandering Scholar, H176, Op 50

Date1929-1930

DescriptionBy Gustav Holst, 1929-1930. Chamber opera in one act.
Libretto Clifford Bax, founded on an incident in Helen Waddell's 'The Wandering Scholars'.
Dedicated to Helen Waddell.

1. Piano score, auograph manuscript, bound copy [53pp]. Includes instructions on scenery and setting and a character list.
Also includes a programme for a performance of The Wandering Scholar and Savitri by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Society, conducted by Imogen Holst (16 Jan).

2. Fragmentary sketches, autograph manuscript [50pp].

Extent2 items

Related MaterialSee HOL/1/2/120/1-5 for published music for The Wandering Scholar; see also HOL/1/4/2/11 for additional manuscripts for The Wandering Scholar; see also HOL/2/5/16 for manuscript parts in Rosamund Strode's hand for The Wandering Scholar. See also full score fair copy in BB collection 2-9401187.

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