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11. 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

12. 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)

13. 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

14. 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)

15. Add MS 60615-60616

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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

16. 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)

17. Add MS 60618

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: Canticle V 'The Death of Saint Narcissus', op. 89
Scope & Content:
An autograph score, in pencil, for tenor and harp, dated 'Horham July 1974' (f. 9). The text is taken from the poem 'The Death of Saint Narcissus' by T. S. Eliot, and the work is dedicated to William Plomer. The volume comprises: the text (typescript) of 'The Death of Saint Narcissus' [by T. S...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1974
Extent:
1 volume (9 folios)

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. Add MS 60621

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: Music for the documentary film Night Mail (1936), directed by Harry Watt and Basil Wright
Scope & Content:
Night Mail is a short documentary film produced by the General Post Office (G.P.O.) Film Unit about the London, Midland and Scottish Railway mail train making its journey north, from London to Scotland. Britten's contribution included the title music and the music for the end sequence, which was...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936
Extent:
1 volume (24 folios)