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Anthony Pugh fonds

  • MS-2-26
  • Fonds
  • 1934 - 2004
Fonds consists of Anthony Pugh's research notes, program notes, annotated sheet music, and performance programs used in his work as a program note writer.

Pugh, Anthony

Three Nocturnes

Item is a copy of "Three Nocturnes" for piano trio, dedicated to the New York Trio, by Ernest Bloch, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

String Quartet No. 3, op. 94

Item is a copy of Benjamin Britten's third string quartet, dedicated to Hans Keller, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Fanfare for the common man

Item is a copy of "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Concerto, op. 6, no. 8

Item is a copy of Arcangelo Corelli's "Christmas Concerto," with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Pelléas et Mélisande

Item is a copy of "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Claude Debussy, with analytical annotations by Anthony Pugh.

Quintet, op. 84

Item is a copy of Edward Elgar's Piano Quintet, op. 84, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Barcarolle No. 5, op. 66

Item is a copy of Barcarolle No. 5 by Claude Debussy for solo piano, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Chant du ménestrel, op. 71

Item is a copy of "Minstrel's Song" by Alexandre Glazunov for cello and piano, dedicated to Mr. A. Wierzbilowicz, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Brother James' air

Item is a published copy of Gordon Jacob's arrangement of "Brother James' Air," for voice and piano, with pencil annotations and analysis by Anthony Pugh.

Gaspard de la nuit

Item is a copy of Ravel's "Gaspard de la nuit," three pieces for piano (including Ondine, Le Gibet, and Scarbo). The score is annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Lieder, op. 2 : [excerpts]

Item is a copy of the songs "Heilige Nacht" and "Der Traum" for voice and piano, from Zemlinsky's Lieder. The copies are annotated in pencil by Anthony Pugh.

Anthony Pugh's research materials for program notes

Series contains research notes, drafts, and annotated copies of scores used and created by Anthony Pugh in the process of writing program notes for various classical music concerts in Fredericton, New Brunswick and Cambridge, England.

Research and program notes for composers A to C

File contains drafts of program notes pertaining to the following composers: Hugo Alfvén, Juan Crisostomo de Arriaga, Benjamin Britten, Bela Bartok, Aaron Copland, Ernest Chausson, Arcangelo Corelli, and Jean Coulthard. The file also includes a copy of a newspaper article on Carl Czerny and a copy of a magazine article on Charles-Valentin Alkan (both used in Pugh's research).

Research and program notes pertaining to Beethoven

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes for concerts containing works by Ludwig van Beethoven, including piano sonatas, symphonies, concertos, string quartets, piano trios, and overtures. Most of the program notes were written while Anthony Pugh was in Fredericton, New Brunswick, with the exception of those for Beethoven's Quartet in F major, op. 59 no. 1, which were written while he was at Pembroke College in Cambridge, England, and which include handwritten analytic excerpts from the quartet, written by Pugh. The file also includes Anthony Pugh's analysis of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 111, for which he also wrote program notes, and programs (with notes by Anthony Pugh) for performances by the Atlantic Symphony Orchestra and Anton Kuerti (presented by the Creative Arts Committee of the Universities of New Brunswick and Saint Thomas). The file also includes extensive handwritten notes by Pugh on Beethoven's Fidelio and an analysis of one of its recitatives and duets by "Mark," which was sent to Pugh from Seaford, East Sussex, England.

Research and program notes pertaining to Brahms

File contains research notes and drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh concerning the music of Johannes Brahms. The file includes a draft of a program for a performance by the University of New Brunswick Resident Musicians (April 3 and 5, 1973). The file includes notes written by Pugh while he was teaching at the University of London King's College and, later, at the University of New Brunswick.

Program notes pertaining to Chopin

File contains drafts of program notes and research by Anthony Pugh concerning music by Frederic Chopin. The file includes the booklet from a record of Chopin's Waltzes by Arthur Rubenstein, presumably used by Pugh in his research, and a partial program from a concert at the University of New Brunswick as part of the annual Walter Baker concert series.

Research and program notes pertaining to Liszt

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by Franz Liszt. The file also includes two, longer, handwritten papers on Liszt's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat and his Piano Sonata in B minor, and a letter (dated November 2, 1964) to Pugh from the British Broadcasting Corporation regarding his potential for a contributor to "Interpretations on Record," produced by Robert Layton.

Research and program notes for composers M to L

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by the following composers: Frank Martin, Bohuslav Martinu, Nicolas Medtner, Gian Carlo Menotti, Darius Milhaud,Michael R. Miller, Klaro Mizerit, Pierre Mercure, Ernest John Moeran, Modest Mussorgsky, Nicolai Paganini, Ricardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Oskar Morawetz, Henry Purcell, Jules Massanet, Gaetano Pugnani, Michael Parker, and Francis Poulenc. The file also contains a program for the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival (August 21-24, 2002), for which Pugh wrote program notes, and programs used by Pugh in his research, including those from the Edinburgh International Festival of Music and Drama, the Liverpool Philharmonic Society, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada. The file also contains two letters from Michael R. Miller to Anthony Pugh about a reading by Allan Cooper at the Fredericton Playhouse premiere performance of Quintet Equinox by Canadian composer Michael R. Miller.

Research and program notes pertaining to Mozart

File contains drafts of program notes and research notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The file includes a booklet with handwritten musical examples by Pugh of extracts from Mozart opera overtures. The file also includes two complete programs (with notes by Pugh) for the Cathedral Festival of the Arts (May 21-24, 1987) in Fredericton, New Brunswick and the Mozart Bicentennial Concerts at the University of New Brunswick., and a draft of a letter from Pugh to "Mr. Elliot" about a recent series of broadcasts on the Mozart Piano Concertos.

Program notes pertaining to Mozart

File contains drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to string quartets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and programs from concerts by the Brunswick String Quartet at the University of New Brunswick.

Program notes pertaining to Mozart

File contains drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in D, K. 576 and Clarinet Concerto in A, K. 622.

Program notes pertaining to Prokofiev

File contains drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to works by Sergei Prokofiev and two programs, one used in Pugh's research from an Orchestre de Paris concert, and the other from the 8th Annual Summer Festival of Chamber Music at the University of New Brunswick (1973).

Correspondence and programs from Marc Sabat

File contains correspondence from Marc Sabat of the Tempest String Quartet (also including Sheila McDonald, Anthony Rapoport, and Katja Linfield) regarding their performances in Fredericton, New Brunswick. The file also includes a copy of the press release for their June 8, 1988 concert, and a copy of the program from the concert.

Research and program notes pertaining to Strauss

File contains drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh and research materials concerning the music of Richard Strauss. The file includes a notebook with handwritten excerpts (written by Pugh) from Strauss's Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op.28.

Research and program notes pertaining to Walton

File contains research notes and drafts of program notes by Anthony Pugh pertaining to the music of William Walton. The file also contains programs used in his research from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society.

Program notes for individual works

File contains miscellaneous program notes by Anthony Pugh, written for individual pieces, i.e., not incorporated into the program notes for a complete concert. The works include Sonata No. 3 in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach; Wozzeck by Alban Berg; String Quartet in A minor, op. 51, no. 2 by Johannes Brahms; Quintet in B minor for clarinet and strings, op. 115 by Brahms; Ballade no. 1 in G minor, op. 23 by Frederic Chopin; Symphony No. 103 in E-flat by Franz Joseph Haydn; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninoff; Symphony No. 4 in D minor, op. 120 by Robert Schumann; Sonata in A minor for arpeggione with piano by Franz Schubert; String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, op. 110 by Dmitri Shostakovich; String Quartet in E minor by Bedřich Smetana; Die Meistersinger by Richard Wagner; and Konzertstück for piano and orchestra by Anton Weber.

Analytical excerpts and programs for various composers

File contains Anthony Pugh's handwritten analytical excerpts for the Manfred overture by Robert Schumann, Cariolan overture by Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major, K.449 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and an unidentified work by Johann Sebastian Bach. The file also includes programs for the Brunswick String Quartet and Valerie Tyron's Waater Baker Memorial Concert, both with program notes by Anthony Pugh.

Glyndebourne Festival Opera : [program]

  • MS-2-26, Box 5, Folder 8
  • File
  • June 11, 1957 - August 13, 1957
  • Part of Anthony Pugh fonds

File contains the programme book from the 1957 Glyndebourne Festival Opera season, which Anthony Pugh attended. He likely kept the program for future reference and research.

The Ring of Nibelung by Wagner : an essay by Anthony Pugh

File contains typescript drafts of Anthony Pugh's last essay on The Ring Cycle by Richard Wagner. Some of the pages include handwritten annotations by Pugh. The file also includes a note from Mary Pugh about the essay and a printout of an email From Anthony Pugh to Adrian Hoffman relating to the essay and Pugh's book on Proust's manuscripts.
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