Robert Cross (1899-1977)
Scores and papers 1922-2013

MSS 0189

Series 2: Chamber music  6 cm

1. Ballade in A major (violin and piano) Op. XI
By Halcyon
Revised 4/10/1950
See attached letter re authorship
- 10 p. ink MS book

2. The Blow-Out (flute and piano)
n.d.
- 2 p. MS pencil
- 2 p. MS (photocopy)

3. The Budding Flautist (flute and piano)
“A Country Dance”? crossed out on cover
n.d.
- 1 p. MS pencil
- 1 p. MS pencil
- 1 p. MS photocopy

4. Care-Free (violin or flute and piano)
- 4 p. MS ink (Composed 1965)
- 4 p. MS ink (n.d.)
See also Piano 9, 24, 49

5. A Country Dance (2 treble recorders and piano)
Composed 30/4/1963
To Mrs E Tolsteshev and Mrs Schwenger
- 2 p. MS ink plus cover
See also Chamber no 23

6. Don Gypsy (Dr Starkie) (violin and piano)
Composed 12/10/1942
- p. 1-8, 13-16 MS ink (complete?)
See also Chamber no. 15. Romance: with Slow movement from Don Gypsy

7. Elegy (flute and piano)
Composed 4/11/1965
- 3 p. MS ink (For the late F.H. who loved young people)
- 3 p. MS ink
See also Piano no. 14.

8. Flute Impressions (flute and piano)
To Bob and his friend
n.d.
- 2 p. MS pencil plus title
- 2 p. MS photocopy

9. A Lilting Piece (flute and piano)
Composed 16/6/1970
- 2 p. MS pencil
- 2 p. MS photocopy
- 1 p. MS photocopy page 2 missing

10. The Little Dancer (violin and piano)
Composed 3/4/1955
- 3 p. MS ink, annotated in pencil
With untitled ink draft and pencil MS score for verse of Alfred Noyes’ ‘The Highwayman’ (See also Songs nos. 4 & 15)

11. Menuet (string quartet)
Composed 6/3/1932
- 2 p. MS ink

12. Nocturne (violin and piano)
Composed 12/10/1942
- 6 p. MS book ink
- 2 p. MS ink pages 1 and 2 only

13. A Pastorale (flute and piano)
To Bob (R.M. Cross) [from] Dad
Dated 12/5/1970
- 2 p. MS ink plus title
- 2 p. MS photocopy

14. Rhapsody in G (violin, cello and piano)
To Myra and Dan Collins
Composed 30/9 -19/10/1943
- 15 p. MS ink
With 2 lines of ‘pencil MS Sea Idyll Port Lincoln’ at end
Sea Idyll see also Piano nos. 18, 35 & 46

15. Romance (violin and piano)
- 5 p. MS ink (Composed March 1943)
With Slow Movement from ‘Don Gypsy’ (violin and piano) n.d. 9 p. ink MS
- 2 sides MS ink and pencil violin part (n.d.)
With Slow Movement from ‘Don Gypsy’ (violin part) 2 p. ink and pencil MS (n.d.)
See also Chamber no. 6 Don Gypsy

16. A Rustic Dance (flute and piano)
For Bob and his flautist
n.d.
- 2 p. MS pencil plus cover
- 2 p. MS photocopy

17. Scherzo-Tarentelle (violin and piano)
n.d.
- 25 p. MS ink and pencil
- 28 p. MS ink and pencil (different version)
See also Piano no. 52

18. A Small Poem in F (flute and piano)
n.d.
- 2 p. MS ink plus title (To Robt M. Cross)
- plus 6 photocopies

19. A Snipet (flute and piano)
Composed 2/6/1970
- 2 sides MS pencil

20. Valse Gracieuse (flute and piano)
Composed 19/2/1955
- 2 p. MS ink

21. Waltz C major (flute and piano)
To Bob
- 2 p. MS ink plus cover
- 2 p. MS photocopy

22. Waywardness (violin? and piano)
Composed 2/6/1970
- 2 p. MS photocopy
See also Piano nos. 44, 45 & 49

23. North-Country Dance
- 2 p. ink MS (incomplete)
See also Chamber no. 5