Nabou, or Kings in Babylon, H94

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By Gustav Holst, unknown date of composition. Incidental music to a play by Alice M. Buckton.

1. Sketches, autograph manuscript [10pp], including 'Introduction' [2pp]. Includes detailed pencil notes on performanc techniques and styles.

2. Also includes original front cover of the sketch manuscripts labelled 'Sketches for Nabou otherwise Kings in babylon play by Alice Buckton'.

Note on the folio bag in Imogen Holst's hand states '8 unnumbered pages with A Buckton's scribbled notes about production.'

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Holst archiveHOL

Gustav HolstHOL/1

Music manuscripts of Gustav HolstHOL/1/1

Fantasiestucke, H8, Op 2 [First version]HOL/1/1/1

Three Pieces for Oboe and String Quartet, H8A, Op 2 [Second version]HOL/1/1/2

Quintet in A minor for piano and wind, H11, Op 3HOL/1/1/3

Song to the Sleeping Lady 'Rest is now filled full of beauty', H17HOL/1/1/4

Ah Tyrant Love, H18HOL/1/1/5

Light Leaves Whisper, H20HOL/1/1/6

Sing Heigh-Ho! [Second version], 'There sits a bird on every tree', H26HOL/1/1/7

Twin Stars Aloft, H28HOL/1/1/8

Clear and Cool, The Song of the River, H30, Op 5HOL/1/1/9

Not a Sound but Echoing in Me, H32HOL/1/1/10

Whether We Die or We Live, H33HOL/1/1/11

Ornulf's Drapa, 'Bragi's gift is bitter', H34, Op 6HOL/1/1/12

My Joy 'My spirit sang all day', H36HOL/1/1/13

Walt Whitman Overture, H42, Op 7HOL/1/1/14

Suite de Ballet in E flat, H43, Op 10HOL/1/1/15

Bhanvar's Lament 'Take me to Thee!', H44HOL/1/1/16

She who is dear to me, H46HOL/1/1/17

The Cotswolds: Symohony in F, H47, Op 8HOL/1/1/18

Five Part- Songs, H48, Op 9[A]HOL/1/1/19

Landler, H53HOL/1/1/20

The Youth's Choice, H60, Op 11HOL/1/1/21

[Five] Part-Songs, H61, Op 12HOL/1/1/22

Six Songs, H68, Op 15HOL/1/1/23

Six Songs, H69, Op 16HOL/1/1/24

The Mystic Trumpeter, 'Hark, some wild trumpeter', H71, Op 18HOL/1/1/25

A Song of the Night, H74, Op 19 No.1HOL/1/1/26

Invocation, H75, Op 19 No. 2HOL/1/1/27

Folk Songs from Hampshire, H83HOL/1/1/28

[Nine] Folk Songs, H84HOL/1/1/29

Stu Mo Run, 'Oh my bonnie highland laddie', H84AHOL/1/1/30

[Seven] Folk Songs, H85HOL/1/1/31

Sita, H89, Op 23HOL/1/1/32

Hymns from the Rig Veda, H90, Op 24HOL/1/1/33

Ratri (The Night), 'In glittering robes', H90AHOL/1/1/34

Nabou, or Kings in Babylon, H94HOL/1/1/35

Savitri, H96, Op 25HOL/1/1/36

First Suite in E Flat, H105, Op 28 No. 1HOL/1/1/37

Second Suite in F, H106, Op 18 No.2HOL/1/1/38

Beni Mora, H107, Op 29 No.1HOL/1/1/39

The Planets, H125, Op 32HOL/1/1/40

Japanese Suite, H126, Op 33HOL/1/1/41

Nunc Dimittis, 'Nunc dimittis servum tuum Domine', H127HOL/1/1/42

[Three] Festival Choruses, H134, Op 36[A]HOL/1/1/43

Phantasy Quartet on British Folk Songs, H135, Originally Op 36HOL/1/1/44

May Day Carol, 'The moon shines bright', H141HOL/1/1/45

The Sneezing Charm, H143HOL/1/1/46

The Lure, or the Moth and the Flame, H149HOL/1/1/47

The Perfect Fool, H150, Op 39HOL/1/1/48

A Piece for Yvonne, H154HOL/1/1/49

At the Boar's Head, H156, Op 42HOL/1/1/50

Ode to C.K.S. and the Oriana, 'Fair Oriana's feast proclaim', H157HOL/1/1/51

Terzetto, H158HOL/1/1/52

Seven Part-Songs, H162, Op 44HOL/1/1/53

The Golden Goose, H163, Op 45 No.1HOL/1/1/54

The Morning of the Year, H164, Op 45 No.2HOL/1/1/55

Christ Hath a Garden, H167HOL/1/1/56

The Coming of Christ, H170HOL/1/1/57

[Two Rounds] Canterbury Bells, H171HOL/1/1/58

Egdon Heath, H172, Op 45HOL/1/1/59

A Moorside Suite, H173HOL/1/1/60

Twelve Songs, H174, Op 48HOL/1/1/61

Double Concerto, H175, Op 49HOL/1/1/62

The Wandering Scholar, H176, Op 50HOL/1/1/63

A Choral Fantasia, 'Man born of desire', H177, Op 51HOL/1/1/64

Hammersmith [First Version], H178, Op 52HOL/1/1/65

Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, H183HOL/1/1/66

'Jazz-band piece' [Capriccio], or 'Mr Shilkret's Maggot', H185HOL/1/1/67

Come Live With Me, H189HOL/1/1/68

Lyric Movement, H191HOL/1/1/69

Scherzo, H192HOL/1/1/70

The Harper, 'On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh', App. I, 1HOL/1/1/71

The Exile of Erin, 'There came to the beach a poor Exile of Erin.', App. I, 2HOL/1/1/72

The Strain Upraise, App. I, 4HOL/1/1/73

Advent Litany, App. I, 6HOL/1/1/74

Christmas Carol, 'The silver bells ring out across the snow', App. I, 7HOL/1/1/75

March in C Major, App. I, 8HOL/1/1/76

Postlude in C, App. I, 10HOL/1/1/77

Scherzo, App. I, 13HOL/1/1/78

Sanctus, 'Holy, holy, holy Lord God of Hosts', App I, 15HOL/1/1/79

Arpeggio Study, App. I, 17HOL/1/1/80

I Come from Haunts of Coot and Hern, App. I, 18HOL/1/1/81

Sing Heigh-Ho [First version], 'There sits a bird on every tree', App. 1, 19HOL/1/1/82

There Sits a Bird on Yonder Tree, App. I, 26HOL/1/1/83

Anna-Marie, App. I, 27HOL/1/1/84

The White Lady's Farewell, 'Fare thee well, thou Holly green', App. I, 28HOL/1/1/85

First String Quartet, App. I, 30HOL/1/1/86

[Two Dances from Ianthe], App. I, 42AHOL/1/1/87

Wedding March, App. II, 2HOL/1/1/88

Funeral March, App. II, 3HOL/1/1/89

Sailors' Chorus, App. II, 4HOL/1/1/90

Duet: Herald and Tom, App. II, 5HOL/1/1/91

[Fragment of an Allegro], App. II, 6HOL/1/1/92

[Fragment of a Scherzo], App. II, 7HOL/1/1/93

Children's Suite, App. II, 8HOL/1/1/94

[Fragment of an Allegro], App. II, 9HOL/1/1/95

[Two Orchestral Pieces], App. II, 10HOL/1/1/96

[Four sketches for unidentified stage works], App. II, 11HOL/1/1/97

Opera as She is Wrote, 'In Five Scenes and Six Languages (including Tonic Sol-fa)', App. II, 15HOL/1/1/98

The Song of Solomon, App. II, 17HOL/1/1/99

Old Airs and Glees, App. III, 16HOL/1/1/100

The Married Beau, App. III, 20HOL/1/1/101

Scene VIII, Arming SongHOL/1/1/102

Unidentified Folk SongHOL/1/1/103

Unidentified Fragments of Gustav Holst ManuscriptsHOL/1/1/104

Unidentified manuscript cover fragmentHOL/1/1/105

Published music of Gustav HolstHOL/1/2

Libretti for Gustav Holst's worksHOL/1/3

Additional music manuscriptsHOL/1/4

Correspondence to and from Gustav HolstHOL/1/5

Gustav Holst's engagement diariesHOL/1/6

Gustav Holst's notebooksHOL/1/7

Gustav Holst's lecture notesHOL/1/8

Agreements with publishers for Gustav Holst worksHOL/1/9

Lists of Gustav Holst's compositionsHOL/1/10

Copies of music manuscripts of Gustav Holst held elsewhereHOL/1/11

Imogen HolstHOL/2

G and I Holst Ltd.HOL/3

Holst FoundationHOL/4

Rosamund StrodeHOL/5

Isador CaplanHOL/6

Leslie PeritonHOL/7

Additional Gustav and Imogen Holst papersHOL/8