Sir Michael Tippett: ''Words for music perhaps''

This material is held atCambridge University Library

Scope and Content

Dye-line of copyist's manuscript of 'Words for music perhaps, a sequence of love poems by W.B. Yeats', set to music by Tippett; with photocopy of original manuscript; 'Words for music perhaps' was commissioned by the BBC, composed 1959-60, and broadcast 8 June 1960

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

From the library of Norman del Mar (1982); purchased 1994

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