Scope and Content:
Records of Margaret Rose Young of North Weald, lyricist (1888-1958), and of her husband Francis Stuart Young (1867-1948), comprising:
unpublished typescript lyrics and poems of Margaret Rose Young [arranged alphabetically by the depositor], late 1920s - 1957 (1 bundle);
list of lyrical works by Margaret Rose Young, with names of publishers and dates of acceptance 1927-1956 (1 volume);
published songs with lyrics by Margaret Rose Young, with - in some cases - typescript lyrics [arranged alphabetically by the depositor] (1 bundle);
outsize published songs with lyrics by Margaret Rose Young, with manuscripts of a number of songs (1 bundle);
editions of operettas 'Alicia or The Magic Fishbone' by Margaret Rose [Young] and Thomas Dunhill, 1938, and 'The Bells of Bruges' by Margaret Rose [Young] and John Longmire, 1948 (2 volumes);
published compositions of Francis Stuart Young, 1923-1946, with manuscripts including unpublished operetta 'Tulip Legend' (1 bundle);
letters from Lady Elizabeth Frazer to Margaret Rose Young and Francis Stuart Young in connection with proposed operetta, 1932-1933 (1 bundle);
diary of Francis Stuart Young, 26 August 1946 - 16 July 1948 (1 volume);
miscellaneous notes, cuttings and correspondence [arranged by the depositor], 1905-2005 (1 bundle);
'Essex Life & Countryside', December 2002, containing article on the Youngs' connections with North Weald (1 volume);
list of works of Margaret Rose Young supplied by Performing Right Society, 2004 (1 bundle);
Hilary Gordon Powell, ' "Sweet Music is King": Margaret Rose and Stuart Young' (privately published 2005).

Copies made by the Essex Record Office, 2005, from originals loaned temporarily by the depositor, of performances of Margaret Rose Young's song 'The little road to Bethlehem' from the following long-playing records:
'Michael Head sings & plays his own music' (LP number JLP 141, Pilgrim (Marshall Morgan & Scott Ltd), 1967);
'Rejoice. A selection of Beautiful Songs' (LP number NE 1064, K-Tel International, 1980);
Aled Jones, 'Diolch A Chan' (LP number SAIN 1294D, Sain (Recordiau) Cyf., 1983)

Copies made by the Essex Record Office, 2005, from originals loaned temporarily by the depositor, of the following cassette tapes:
recording of 'A summer concert of English songs', including several by Margaret Rose Young, given at Trinity Methodist Church, Dereham, Norfolk, 15 June 1996 (with copies of programme and of linking script);
off-air recording from BBC Radio 3, 25 December 2005, of concert given by BBC Singers at Ely Cathedral, 10 December 2005, including song 'The little road to Bethlehem' (with copy of programme note).
Extent:
3 boxes
Catalogue Reference:
D/DU 2253; SA
Dates of Description:
1905-2005

Accession Boxes for A11740

A11740 Box 1Published songs by M.R. Young, some with typescript lyrics, and with manuscripts of some songs (2 bundles); H.G. Powell, ' "Sweet Music is King" ...' Order 
A11740 Box 2Compositions of F.S. Young; miscellaneous notes, cuttings etc.; 'Essex Life ...'; list of works of M.R. Young from Performing Right Society Order 
A11740 Box 3Unpublished lyrics of M.R. Young; list of her lyrical works; two operettas; letters from Lady E. Frazer; diary of F.S. Young Order