Identity area
Reference code
GC/PR/TL
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Title
Date(s)
- 1959-1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1.5 metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
(1922-1993) Composer. BA Kings College, 1948; Mus B, 1949; MA, 1949. Lecturer, University of Cambridge, 1950. Director of Studies in Music, Caius, 1959; elected Fellow, 1960. Director of Music, Caius, 1960; Precentor, 1962; Domestic Bursar, 1962-6, 1973.
(For further biographical information regarding Tranchell, see his obituary in The Caian, 1994)
Archival history
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Scope and content
Administrative files relating to Tranchell's duties with regard to the admission of choral and organ scholars; the organization of the College choir and concerts, his involvement with College musical societies, his additional duties as Domestic Bursar; and his collection of assorted College publications.
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Related units of description
See also Tranchell's music archive , held by the Manuscripts Department of Cambridge University Library.