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The Penguin (music) SCORES Series


'SC' 1 - 30





A series of 'pocket' music scores. The series was edited by Gordon Jacob, who also wrote the Introductions to all but one of the 30 volumes. The first SC1 Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor was issued in June 1949. The final volume, SC30 appeared in April 1956.

The books were published in landscape format, with page size of 5¼" x 7¾" except for SC11, SC20 and SC28. All the books were printed by Lowe and Brydone, who produced a good quality and clarity of reproduction. Covers were initially designed by Elizabeth Friedlander, and some of the score cover designs were later replicated in the Penguin Poets series.

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984), series editor, was an English composer and professor of music thery, composition and orchestration at the Royal College of Music.



Information and cover photographs of the Penguin SCORES series:

Number SC1
Series No.: SC1
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 40 IN G MINOR
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Biographical note: by F. Bonavia
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: June 1949
Pages: 88pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC2
Series No.: SC2
Title: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 3 IN G
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Biographical note: by Frank Howes
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: June 1949
Pages: 52pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC3
Series No.: SC3
Title: OVERTURES: CORIOLAN AND EGMONT
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Biographical note: by W. McNaught
Introduction: by W. McNaught
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: June 1949
Pages: 68pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC4
Series No.: SC4
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 101 IN D: 'THE CLOCK'
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Biographical note: by Mosco Carner
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: May 1950
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC5
Series No.: SC5
Title: OVERTURES: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM AND FINGAL'S CAVE
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Biographical note: by Ralph Hill
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: May 1950
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC6
Series No.: SC6
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 8 IN B MINOR: 'THE UNFINISHED'
Composer: Franz Schubert
Biographical note: by Eric Blom
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: August 1950
Pages: 72pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC7
Series No.: SC7
Title: BRANDENBURG CONCERTOS NO. 1 AND NO. 2 BOTH IN F
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Biographical note: by Frank Howes
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: August 1950
Pages: 120pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC8
Series No.: SC8
Title: OVERTURES: FREISCHUTZ AND OBERON
Composer: Carl Maria von Weber
Biographical note: by Scott Goddard
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: November 1950
Pages: 88pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC9
Series No.: SC9
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 1 IN C, OPUS 21
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Biographical note: by W. McNaught
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: November 1950
Pages: 104pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D53' (Thomas Hardy)
Number SC10
Series No.: SC10
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 41 IN C: 'THE JUPITER'
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Biographical note: by F. Bonavia
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: March 1951
Pages: 112pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Number SC11
Series No.: SC11
Title: FANTASY-OVERTURE: ROMEO AND JULIET
Composer: Peter Ilyich Tschaikovsky
Biographical note: by Gerald Abraham
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Kissane Keane
Date Published: March 1951
Pages: 120pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Bound in usual vertical (or 'portrait') format.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D28' (John Dryden)
Number SC12
Series No.: SC12
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 5 IN C MINOR
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Biographical note: by W. McNaught
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Sarah Nechamkin
Date Published: June 1951
Pages: 128pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Number SC13
Series No.: SC13
Title: SIEGFRIED IDYLL
Composer: Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Biographical note: by Dyneley Hussey
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Sarah Nechamkin
Date Published: June 1951
Pages: 64pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D26' (Lord Byron)
Number SC14
Series No.: SC14
Title: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN E MINOR
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Biographical note: by Ralph Hill
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Kissane Keane
Date Published: November 1951
Pages: 128pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D29' (Percy Shelley)
Number SC15
Series No.: SC15
Title: OVERTURES: THE MAGIC FLUTE AND DON GIOVANNI
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Biographical note: by F. Bonavia
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Hans Schmoller
Date Published: November 1951
Pages: 80pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/-
Cover design later also used on covers of Penguin Poets 'D30', 'D32', 'D36', 'D45', 'D47', 'D50' and 'D57' (Spanish, French, German and Russian Verse)
Number SC16
Series No.: SC16
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 39 IN E FLAT
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Biographical note: by F. Bonavia
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Stephen Russ
Date Published: June 1952
Pages: 112pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets (reprint) 'D12' (Contemporary Verse)
Number SC17
Series No.: SC17
Title: VARIATIONS ON A THEME OF HAYDN
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Biographical note: by Hubert Foss
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Stephen Russ
Date Published: October 1952
Pages: 64pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 2/6
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D25' (Matthew Arnold)
Number SC18
Series No.: SC18
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 7 IN A, OPUS 92
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Biographical note: by W. McNaught
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Stephen Russ
Date Published: June 1953
Pages: 176pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 5/-
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D27' (Robert Frost)
Number SC19
Series No.: SC19
Title: PIANO CONCERTO IN A MINOR
Composer: Robert Schumann
Biographical note: by Joan Chissell
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Sarah Nechamkin
Date Published: June 1953
Pages: 160pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 5/-
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets (reprint) 'D15' (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
Number SC20
Series No.: SC20
Title: OVERTURE: DIE MEISTERSINGER
Composer: Wilhelm Richard Wagner
Biographical note: by Dyneley Hussey
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: October 1953
Pages: 80pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Bound in usual vertical (or 'portrait') format.
Number SC21
Series No.: SC21
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 104 IN D: 'THE LONDON'
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Biographical note: by Mosco Carner
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: October 1953
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D34' (A. E. Housman)
Number SC22
Series No.: SC22
Title: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 4 IN G
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Biographical note: by Frank Howes
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: March 1954
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets (reprint) 'D13' (John Donne)
Number SC23
Series No.: SC23
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 3 IN E FLAT: 'EROICA'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Biographical note: by W. McNaught
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Dennis Beytagh
Date Published: March 1954
Pages: 176pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 5/-
Number SC24
Series No.: SC24
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 2 IN D
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: October 1954
Pages: 144pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D34' (A. E. Housman)
Number SC25
Series No.: SC25
Title: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D
Composer: Johannes Brahms
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: October 1954
Pages: 144pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D44' (Hilaire Belloc)
Number SC26
Series No.: SC26
Title: SYMPHONIC VARIATIONS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
Composer: Cesar Franck
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Jeffrey Craig
Date Published: March 1955
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Number SC27
Series No.: SC27
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 100 IN G: 'THE MILITARY'
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Elizabeth Friedlander
Date Published: March 1955
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Number SC28
Series No.: SC28
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 9 IN D MINOR: 'THE CHORAL'
Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Stephen Russ
Date Published: September 1955
Pages: 368pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 8/6d.
Bound in usual vertical (or 'portrait') format.
Number SC29
Series No.: SC29
Title: BRANDENBURG CONCERTO NO. 5 IN D
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Barbara Lambourne
Date Published: April 1956
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.
Cover design later also used on cover of Penguin Poets 'D39' (Robert Graves)
Number SC30
Series No.: SC30
Title: SYMPHONY NO. 94 IN G: 'THE SURPRISE'
Composer: Joseph Haydn
Introduction: by Gordon Jacob - in English, German and Spanish
Series Editor: Gordon Jacob
Cover Design: Barbara Lambourne
Date Published: April 1956
Pages: 96pp.
Printer: Lowe and Brydone (Printers) Ltd
Price: 3/6d.



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