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1. MS Mus. 252

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 252
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Vocal score, in ink, with engraver’s markings added in pencil. Incomplete. Dated 11-21 July [1949] (f. 25), 21 Aug. 1949 (f. 83v), 17 Feb. 1950 (f. 146). ff. 154.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950
Extent:
1 item

2. MS Mus. 251

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 251
Title:
Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 251. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. ii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Draft short score, in pencil. Dated 21 July [1949] (f. 24), 5 Aug. 1949 (f. 48), 5 Dec. [1949] (f. 71), 21 Dec. [1949] (f. 95). ff. 125.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1949]
Extent:
1 item

3. MS Mus. 251-252

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 251-252
Title:
MSS Mus. 251-252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vols. ii-iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’, ‘a romantic melodrama’ in a prologue and two acts to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after Charles Dickens; 1949-50. First staged performance Sadler’s Wells, 23 July 1957; the work had previously been broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1953. Vocal score published Hawkes & Son, 1954. Two volumes. 366 x 270mm.
Scope & Content:
Arthur Leslie Benjamin, composer and pianist: Cedric Cliffe, writer: Charles Dickens, novelist: 'The Tale of Two Cities', melodrama by Arthur Leslie Benjamin, to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after Charles Dickens: 1949-50: Autogr.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950
Extent:
2 items