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032-001991529 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts Level [40] File

1. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1975
Extent:
1 volume (17 folios)

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. Add MS 60626

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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)

5. 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)

6. 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:
Not applicable
Date Range:
[1945]
Extent:
1 volume (iii + 13 folios)

7. 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)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)