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1. Add MS 60593-60626

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Add MS 60593-60626
Title:
Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Scope & Content:
All scores are wholly autograph, with the exception of some full scores which were prepared with the help of an amanuensis; these have been indicated as partly autograph.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1925-1979
Extent:
34 volumes

2. Add MS 60612-60613

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Curlew River', op. 71
Scope & Content:
A short score and a partly autograph full score. Libretto: William Plomer, from the medieval Japanese Nō play Sumidagawa by Jūrō Motomasa. First performance: 12 June 1964, Orford Church, Aldeburgh Festival. First broadcast: 21 June 1964 (BBC Third Programme).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1964
Extent:
2 volumes

3. Add MS 60602-60604

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'The Turn of the Screw', op. 54
Scope & Content:
Opera with libretto by Myfanwy Piper, after the novella by Henry James. A short score (autograph) in a single volume, and a full score (partly autograph) in two volumes. First performance: 14 September 1954, Teatro La Fenice, Venice (relayed by Radio Italiana, and by the BBC Third Programme).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1954-1979
Extent:
3 volumes

4. Add MS 60615-60616

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Add MS 60615-60616
Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Children's Crusade', op. 82
Scope & Content:
In two volumes, an autograph short score and a partly autograph full score. Text by Bertolt Brecht. Set in German, and set separately in English (translation by Hans Keller). First performance: 19 May 1969, St Paul's Cathedral, London (relayed by BBC Radio 3).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1968-1969
Extent:
2 volumes

5. Add MS 60601

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Abraham & Isaac or Canticle II', op. 51
Scope & Content:
Score, for alto and tenor voices and piano. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil (small additions in blue ink on f. 3v and on f. 9). Britten's initials on the title page (f. 1). Not dated. Text: from the Chester Miracle Play Histories of Lot and Abraham. First performance: 21 January 1952, Al...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1952]
Extent:
1 volume (10 folios)

6. Add MS 60626

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Add MS 60626
Title:
Benjamin Britten: Purcell realisations
Scope & Content:
Three realisations of music by Henry Purcell. None of the manuscripts is dated. 1. Henry Purcell, 'The Golden Sonata' (Z 810), realised for two violins, cello and piano. Entitled 'Sonata IX', scored in pencil with Britten's signature on f. 1 (ff. 1-7v). First performance: 21 November 1945, Wi...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1943-1945]
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

7. Add MS 60605-60608

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Add MS 60605-60608
Title:
Benjamin Britten: ''A Midsummer Night''s Dream'', op. 64
Scope & Content:
Opera in three acts. An autograph short score (''sketches'') in one volume, and a partly autograph full score in three volumes (1960), with later additions and annotations. Text adapted by Britten and Peter Pears from the play of the same name by William Shakespeare. First performance: Aldebur...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-1978
Extent:
4 volumes

8. Add MS 60619

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Sacred and Profane', op. 91
Scope & Content:
Eight medieval lyrics for unaccompanied voices (SSATB). Autograph music manuscript, in pencil. Signed, and dated 'Dec 1974 - Jan 1975' (f. 2). The volume comprises: title page ('Mediaeval Lyrics / Sacred & Profane'), with Britten's initials and his dedication: 'For P[eter]P[ears] & the...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974-1975
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

9. Add MS 60598

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Song for St Cecilia' [Hymn to St Cecilia], op. 27
Scope & Content:
Words, W.H. Auden. Short score, for five-part unaccompanied chorus. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, with an addition in red crayon on f. 7v. The work's original title ('Song for St Cecilia') is written across partially erased score which has also been struck-through (f. 1), and f. 1v is ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1942
Extent:
1 volume (8 folios)

10. Add MS 60614

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Songs & Proverbs of William Blake', op. 74
Scope & Content:
For baritone and piano. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, dated, in Britten's hand: 'April 6th 1965' (f. 24). The title page (f. 1) shows faint traces of the work's original title ('Songs & Sentences') which Britten erased before writing 'Songs & Proverbs'. The texts, from William ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1965
Extent:
1 volume (25 folios)