Sir Lennox Berkeley: Ruth (opera in three scenes), Op. 50
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Libretto (incomplete), sketches and drafts, and annotated dyeline copies of autograph vocal score and full score. First performance: London, Scala Theatre, 2 October 1956. English Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Charles Mackerras.
Vocal scores and autograph full score (dated 1954). Libretto: Alan Pryce-Jones. First performance (concert reading): London, Wigmore Hall, 14 February 1953. English Opera Group Association, introduced by the librettist and directed by the composer. Piano, Robert Keys. First staged performance:...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: A Dinner Engagement (opera in one act), Op. 45
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Sketches and draft material, vocal score, full score and libretto. First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 17 June 1954. The English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, cond. Vilem Tausky. First London performance: Sadler's Wells Theatre, 7 October 1954.
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Castaway (opera in one act), Op. 68
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Draft material, vocal score and full score, and annotated dyeline copies. Libretto: Paul Dehn. First performance: Aldeburgh, Jubilee Hall, 3 June 1967. English Opera Group Chorus and Orchestra, cond. Meredith Davies.
Bound autograph piano and vocal score (Act I only), in blue ink, pp. 1-82. Signed on p. 1. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 2 (whole page), 5-6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17-19, 22-26, 28, 30, 32, 53, 59, 62-64.
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Act II (autograph full score)
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Bound autograph full score (undated) for Act II. In blue ink (and pencil), pp. 1-90 (Scene 1) and pp. 1-59 (Scene 2) which includes a second and revised p. 49 in black ink. Volume stamped: 'Chester Library'. Includes pasted-down corrections to the score as follows: Scene 1, ff. 2-3, 18, 23, 25,...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Act III (autograph full score)
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Bound autograph full score (undated) for Act III. In blue ink (and pencil and red pencil), pp. 1-154. Volume stamped: 'J. & W. Chester Ltd'. Dated at the end of the work: 'Full score finished 31.VII.54'. Pasted-down corrections: ff. 4, 6, 8, 14-15, 21, 23-28, 30-33, 36, 38, 44-47, 58, 61-6...
Sir Lennox Berkeley: Nelson, Acts I and II (dyeline copy)
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Dyeline copy of manuscript vocal score (copyist's hand), Acts I and II only. Chester Library copy (bound, brown paper covers), 105 ff. (pp. 1-210. Occasional markings in blue ink, with the name of 'Frederick Sharp' in pencil on f. 1.