Record ID
303500
Accession number
Cary 702
Creator
Casken, John.
Biographical Data
English composer (b. July 15, 1949).
Object title
Chansons de Verlaine, manuscript score and sketches : autograph manuscript, 2003 Apr. 17-2006.
Uniform title
Chansons de Verlaine
Date
2003 Apr. 17-2006.
Credit line
Purchased on the Mary Flagler Cary Fund, 2010.
Provenance
John Casken; purchased at Sotheby's London, Dec. 1, 2010, lot 100.
Inscriptions/Markings
Each song signed "John Casken."
Notes
For soprano and piano.
Full score, written in pencil.
Finished manuscript is 19 leaves, 36.5 x 26 cm; the sketches are variously paged and sized.
L'ombre des arbres and Chevaux de bois from Romances sans paroles; Colloque sentimental from Fêtes galantes.
One of a group of autograph manuscripts donated for sale at Sotheby's by British composers to benefit the Heslington Foundation.
Colloque sentimental first performed by Alison Smart and Katherine Durran at the Purcell Room on July 13, 2004, and the entire cycle by Patricia Rozario and Julius Drake at the Wigmore Hall on September 28, 2007.
Full score, written in pencil.
Finished manuscript is 19 leaves, 36.5 x 26 cm; the sketches are variously paged and sized.
L'ombre des arbres and Chevaux de bois from Romances sans paroles; Colloque sentimental from Fêtes galantes.
One of a group of autograph manuscripts donated for sale at Sotheby's by British composers to benefit the Heslington Foundation.
Colloque sentimental first performed by Alison Smart and Katherine Durran at the Purcell Room on July 13, 2004, and the entire cycle by Patricia Rozario and Julius Drake at the Wigmore Hall on September 28, 2007.
Contents
L'ombre des arbres (2006) -- Chevaux de bois (2006) -- Colloque sentimental (17 April 2003).
Associated names
Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896.
Casken, John. Chansons de Verlaine (Sketches)
Casken, John, former owner.
Casken, John. Chansons de Verlaine (Sketches)
Casken, John, former owner.
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