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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 60594-60595

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: 'Phantasy', quartet for oboe and strings, op. 2
Scope & Content:
Full score and parts. First performance: Leon Goossens and members of the International String Quartet, 6 August 1933, BBC National. First concert performance: 21 November 1933, Music Club, St John's Institute, London.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1932
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 60605-60608

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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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. Add MS 60624-60625

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Title:
Benjamin Britten: Juvenilia
Scope & Content:
Two manuscript notebooks containing music written by Britten in his youth. The music comprises waltzes for piano and a Sonata in D Major for violin and piano.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1925
Extent:
2 manuscript notebooks