Take 6 Transcription Programme: The Butterworth Archive, MS 7b
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GB/7b/1 Oxford City
GB/7b/6 A Brisk Young Sailor Courted Me Version 1 of 2
GB/7b/10 Cupid the Ploughboy Version 1 of 2
GB/7b/10A Cupid the Ploughboy Version 2 of 2
GB/7b/11 Our Captain Calls Version 1 of 2
GB/7b/11A Our Captain Calls Version 2 of 2
GB/7b/12 The Basket of Eggs Version 1 of 2
GB/7b/12A The Basket of Eggs Version 2 of 2
GB/7b/13 New Garden Fields Version 1 of 2
GB/7b/13A New Garden Fields Version 2 of 2
Notes for GB/7b/13A For anyone trying to learn/perform this piece it is important to note the exact words of George Butterworth as transcribed onto the PDF file (GB-7b-13A.pdf posted above). In particular his words "the same, from phonograph record" are important because the MS gives wonderful evidence of (a) the difficulty of notating source singers and (b) the differences between a field notation (GB/7b/13 above) and a field recording of what is allegedly the same thing (this tune, GB/7b/13A). The comment immediately below the sheet music that "most of the F's lie between sharp and natural--& the same often with the C's" is also very illuminating. The piece is longer than average because Butterworth and Vaughan Williams transcribed many (but not all) of the variants in full. This transcribed version also includes the rest of the variants; it needs to be checked against the original MS, which is unclear in places.