GB 1249 Andrews - ANDREWS, Herbert Kennedy (1904-1965)

7 boxes

GB 1249 Andrews 1950-1965 Collection (fonds) 7 boxes Andrews , Herbert Kennedy , 1904-1965 , musicologist, teacher, organist and composer

Born Comber, Co Down, 10 Aug 1904; educated Bedford School and Royal College of Music, London; doctorates of music at Trinity College, Dublin, and New College, Oxford; organist and choirmaster, Beverley Minster, 1934-1938; appointed organist, New College, Oxford, 1938; remainder of career spent at Oxford, as a lecturer in music and subsequently Fellow of New College and Balliol, and also taught at the RCM.; died Oxford, 10 Oct 1965. Selected publications: The Oxford Harmony, vol 2 (Oxford University Press, London, 1950); An Introduction to the Technique of Palestrina (Novello and Co, London, 1958); The Technique of Byrd's Vocal Polyphony (Oxford University Press, London, 1966); articles on early polyphonic music, particularly of William Byrd.

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Papers of Herbert Kennedy (H K) Andrews, 1950-1965, comprising typescript and proofs of his The Technique of Byrd's Vocal Polyphony (Oxford University Press, London, 1966); papers, 1957, relating to 'Fourteenth-Century Polyphony in a Fountains Abbey MS Book', Music and Letters, 39 (1958) by Andrews and Robert Thurston Dart, with offprints of article, correspondence between Andrews, Dart and Eric Blom, editor of Music and Letters, and including photographs of Fountains Abbey Ms 23; typescript notes and correspondence, 1963-1965, regarding the music publications of William Byrd and library sources of the same, with offprints and notes relating to Andrews' article, 'Printed Sources of William Byrd's ''Psalmes, Sonets and Songs''', Music and Letters, 44 (1963), and including a photocopy of the superius part book of Cantiones sacrae by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (1575); notes and correspondence with Dart, 1960, regarding A ballet on the death of the cardynall', manuscript in Ripon Cathedral Library, with transcriptions and photographs of the manuscript; typescript of his articleCounterpoint, harmony and tonality' for the Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia, with related correspondence on the withdrawal by Andrews on its publication, 1953; typescript of his The formation, fulfilment and decline of the classical language of music', Cramb lectures, University of Glasgow, 1954; manuscript of hisThe interpretation of 16th century polyphony', Crees lectures, 1963; manuscript and typescript of `The editing and perfomrance of English vocal polyphony of the late 16th century and early 17th century, first chapter only of an unpublished book.

Byrd's Vocal Polyphony: typescript in boxes A and B; galley proofs of music examples in box C; page proofs of text in box D; various articles and lectures, box E; Fountains Abbey material, box F; William Byrd material, box G.

Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.

Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.
English.

The collection is uncatalogued.

Royal College of Music holds manuscripts of Andrews' music at MS 4795-4807. Trinity College Dublin hold the original of the Cantiones sacrae by Tallis and Byrd, photocopied in the collection.

The music manuscript `A ballet on the death of the cardynall' was subsequently published as Ballad on the death of Cardinal Wolsey (Stainer and Bell, London, 1960).

Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Sources: article on Andrews by Peter Clulow, Grove Dictionary of Music. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Jun 2001 Andrews , Herbert Kennedy , 1904-1965 , musicologist, teacher, organist and composer Artists Byrd , William , b c 1540-1623 , composer Classical music Composers Dart , Robert Thurston , 1921-1971 , musicologist Documents Information sources Manuscripts Music Musical styles Musicians Musicology Performers Religious music Tallis , Thomas , b c 1505-1585 , composer Vocal music Performing arts

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Papers of Herbert Kennedy (H K) Andrews, 1950-1965, comprising typescript and proofs of his The Technique of Byrd's Vocal Polyphony (Oxford University Press, London, 1966); papers, 1957, relating to 'Fourteenth-Century Polyphony in a Fountains Abbey MS Book', Music and Letters, 39 (1958) by Andrews and Robert Thurston Dart, with offprints of article, correspondence between Andrews, Dart and Eric Blom, editor of Music and Letters, and including photographs of Fountains Abbey Ms 23; typescript notes and correspondence, 1963-1965, regarding the music publications of William Byrd and library sources of the same, with offprints and notes relating to Andrews' article, 'Printed Sources of William Byrd's ''Psalmes, Sonets and Songs''', Music and Letters, 44 (1963), and including a photocopy of the superius part book of Cantiones sacrae by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd (1575); notes and correspondence with Dart, 1960, regarding A ballet on the death of the cardynall', manuscript in Ripon Cathedral Library, with transcriptions and photographs of the manuscript; typescript of his articleCounterpoint, harmony and tonality' for the Oxford Junior Encyclopaedia, with related correspondence on the withdrawal by Andrews on its publication, 1953; typescript of his The formation, fulfilment and decline of the classical language of music', Cramb lectures, University of Glasgow, 1954; manuscript of hisThe interpretation of 16th century polyphony', Crees lectures, 1963; manuscript and typescript of `The editing and perfomrance of English vocal polyphony of the late 16th century and early 17th century, first chapter only of an unpublished book.

Byrd's Vocal Polyphony: typescript in boxes A and B; galley proofs of music examples in box C; page proofs of text in box D; various articles and lectures, box E; Fountains Abbey material, box F; William Byrd material, box G.

Usual conditions of the Library of the Royal College of Music apply. See the RCM website or contact the RCM Library for details.

Photocopying is permitted at the discretion of the Archivist for research purposes only.

• English

• Latin

English.

The collection is uncatalogued.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English