Kenneth Leighton quartet
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Type of record: Archive
Title: Kenneth Leighton quartet
Classmark: MS 2270/12/2
Related People: Maurice De Sausmarez(Personal name); Jessie R. De Sausmarez(Personal name); Kenneth Leighton(Personal name)
Date(s): 1964-1966
Size and medium: 1 file
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/692754
Collection group(s): Maurice de Sausmarez Archive
Description
Original Kenneth Leighton notation manuscript of 'Variations for String Quartet' commissioned by Maurice de Sausmarez in memory of his mother Jessie Rose de Sausmarez in 1964, with a printed score published by Novello and Company Limited sent by Leighton to de Sausmarez with a handwritten letter dated 18 February 1966, discussing their work and family lives. Also includes a printed leaflet for a recital in the exhibition gallery at Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting on 13 June 1964, at which the Arriaga String Quartet gave the first performance of the piece.
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