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1. Add MS 60593-60626

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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 60609

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'War Requiem', op. 66 (short score)
Scope & Content:
Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, signed by Britten (f. 2) and dated by him: 'Aldeburgh Dec. 20th 1961' (f. 68). The volume comprises the complete composition, together with additional discarded draft material, as follows: half title (f. 1); epigraph, drawn from Wilfred Owen (f. 1v); title...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1961-1979
Extent:
1 volume (102 folios)

3. Add MS 60609-60610

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'War Requiem', op. 66
Scope & Content:
A non-liturgical setting of the requiem mass, for soprano, tenor, and baritone solos, chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, boys' choir and organ. Texts: the Missa pro Defunctis (Latin), and poems by Wilfred Owen. Dedicated to Roger Burney, Piers Dunkerley, David Gill and Michael Halliday. In t...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1961-1979
Extent:
2 volumes

4. Add MS 60610

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Add MS 60610
Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'War Requiem', op. 66 (full score)
Scope & Content:
Partially autograph music manuscript, in pencil and in black ink, including the hands of two copyists (Imogen Holst and Rosamund Strode) - see Philip Reed, in Mervyn Cooke, Britten: 'War Requiem' (1996), p. 46. Dated (Holst's hand): 'Aldeburgh, December 20th 1961' (f. 137), and annotated (in th...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1961
Extent:
1 volume (137 folios)