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51. Add MS 60593

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Sinfonietta for Ten Instruments', op. 1
Scope & Content:
Full score, for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, bassoon, horn in F, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello, and double bass. Autograph music manuscript, in ink, with annotations in red crayon and hinged and pasted-down corrections. I. Poco presto e agitato (ff. 2v-22v); II. 'Variations': Anda...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 volume (70 folios)

52. Add MS 60594

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Phantasy', op. 2 (score)
Scope & Content:
Score, for oboe, violin, viola, violoncello. Autograph music manuscript, in ink, with hinged and pasted-down corrections. Dated 'Sept.-Oct. 1932' (f. 1), and signed by Britten on ff. 1 and 33v. f. 34 is a superceded folio containing 30 bars from the middle of the work.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 volume (34 folios)

53. Add MS 60595

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Phantasy', op. 2 (parts)
Scope & Content:
Parts for oboe (ff. 1-8), violin (ff. 9-25), viola (ff. 26-38), and violoncello (ff. 39-51). Autograph music manuscript, in blue ink, with annotations in red ink and red and blue crayon, and with additional smaller folios hinged or pasted-down. Signed by Britten on ff. 1, 9, 26, and 39.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 volume (51 folios)

54. Add MS 60597

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge', op. 10
Scope & Content:
Short score (in pencil) for string orchestra. Autograph music manuscript, with Britten's signature to title page (f. 1). The manuscript is not dated. The theme is taken from the second of Bridge's Three Idylls for string quartet, Op. 6. Dedication (f. 1v): 'To FB - himself / His integrity / ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1937]
Extent:
1 volume (26 folios)

55. Add MS 60611

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Symphony for Cello and Orchestra', op. 68
Scope & Content:
Full score. Music manuscript, in pencil, on two sets of folios of different size bound together. Partly autograph. Dated, in Britten's hand: 'Aldeburgh May 3rd 1963' (f. 74v). Also dated twice [by Boosey & Hawkes]: 'received 24.4.63' (ff. 1 and 30). Title and dedication: 'Cello Symphony / S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1963
Extent:
1 volume (74 folios)

56. Add MS 60617

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Third Suite for Cello', op. 87
Scope & Content:
An autograph score, in pencil, signed by Britten on the title page (f. 2), and dated 'Feb. 23 - March 3 1971 / Aldeburgh' (f. 12v). The work is dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich: 'For Slava' (f. 2). Rostropovich gave the first performance (21 December 1974) at Snape Maltings Concert Hall. The...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1971-1974
Extent:
1 volume (13 folios)

57. Add MS 60620

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'String Quartet No. 3', op. 94
Scope & Content:
Score. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, with Britten's initials to the title page (f. 1). Dated: 'Suffolk-Venice - Oct. Nov. 1975' (f. 16). The volume comprises: title page, with Britten's initials (f. 1); I 'Duets: With moderate movement' (ff. 2-4v); II 'Ostinato: Very fast' (ff. 5-7); I...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1975
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

58. Add MS 60623

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: Incidental music for The Dark Tower
Scope & Content:
Incidental music for the radio play The Dark Tower by Louis MacNeice. Signed by Britten on the title page (f. 1). The manuscript is not dated. Full score, autograph, in pencil (with additions in red crayon) for trumpet in C, percussion and strings, as follows: front cover with title, exhibitin...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
[1945]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 13 folios)

59. Add MS 60624

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: Waltzes for piano
Scope & Content:
Ten waltzes for piano, followed by a 'Waltz Duet' and a 'Petite Valse'. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil (except for f. 1 and the first stave of f. 1v, which are in ink). front cover (dated 'March 1925') entitled: 'Walztes [sic] / composed / by / Edward Benjamin Britten / Opus 3 / 1925 / de...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 notebook (ii + 18 folios)

60. Add MS 60625

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Violin Sonata in D Major'
Scope & Content:
For violin and piano, in score. Autograph music manuscript, in ink and in pencil. Dated on the front cover: 'Begun March 1925'. The date on which the Sonata was finished is recorded on f. 13v and f. 17: 'April 6th 1925'. With Britten's (youthful) signature ('E B Britten') accompanying each date...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
1 notebook (ii + 17 folios)

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