MS Mus. 252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Vocal score, in ink, with engraver’s markings added in pencil. Incomplete. Dated 11-21 July [1949] (f. 25), 21 Aug. 1949 (f. 83v), 17 Feb. 1950 (f. 146). ff. 154.
MS Mus. 251. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. ii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’. Draft short score, in pencil. Dated 21 July [1949] (f. 24), 5 Aug. 1949 (f. 48), 5 Dec. [1949] (f. 71), 21 Dec. [1949] (f. 95). ff. 125.
MSS Mus. 251-252. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vols. ii-iii. ‘The Tale of Two Cities’, ‘a romantic melodrama’ in a prologue and two acts to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after Charles Dickens; 1949-50. First staged performance Sadler’s Wells, 23 July 1957; the work had previously been broadcast on the BBC Third Programme in 1953. Vocal score published Hawkes & Son, 1954. Two volumes. 366 x 270mm.
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Arthur Leslie Benjamin, composer and pianist: Cedric Cliffe, writer: Charles Dickens, novelist: 'The Tale of Two Cities', melodrama by Arthur Leslie Benjamin, to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after Charles Dickens: 1949-50: Autogr.