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11. MS Mus. 251

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MS Mus. 251
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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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1949]
Extent:
1 item

12. MS Mus. 254

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MS Mus. 254
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 254. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iv. ‘Tartuffe’. Overture. Full score. Dyeline copy of a score in the hand of Alan Boustead. ff. 14. 459 x 333mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

13. MS Mus. 257

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MS Mus. 257
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MS Mus. 257. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. vii. ‘Tartuffe’. A second dyeline copy of the autograph vocal score, marked with cuts and other alterations in a later hand and described as ‘Revised 1965 version’ (f. 1). The composer’s title of ‘The Imposter’ has been replaced in another hand. With...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

14. MS Mus. 255

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MS Mus. 255
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MS Mus. 255. Act 1 (ff. 45).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

15. MS Mus. 255-256

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MS Mus. 255-256
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MSS Mus. 255-256. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vols. v-vi. ‘The Imposter’. Dyeline copy of the autograph vocal score of ‘Tartuffe’, with the composer’s original title. With a typewritten list of characters. Two volumes. 380 x 280mm.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
2 items

16. MS Mus. 256

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 256
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 256. Act 2 (ff. i + 56).
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

17. MS Mus. 253

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MS Mus. 253
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MS Mus. 253. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. iv. ‘Orlando’s Silver Wedding’, ballet, after Kathleen Hale, for chorus and orchestra; [1950]. Dyeline copy of autograph vocal score, with annotations in pencil and ink. First performed in the Festival of Britain, Festival Pleasure Gardens, 28 May 19...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1950]
Extent:
1 item

18. MS Mus. 251-252

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 251-252
Title:
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.
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1949-1950
Extent:
2 items

19. MS Mus. 254-257

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MS Mus. 254-257
Title:
MSS Mus. 254-257. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vols. iv-vii. ‘Tartuffe’, opera in two acts and an epilogue to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after the play by Molière; [1957-1965]. The short score, originally entitled ‘The Imposter’, was finished by Benjamin before his death, but only the start of the overture was completed in full score. The remainder was completed by Alan Boustead, who conducted the first performance at Sadler’s Wells, 30 Nov. 1964. See C. Cliffe, ‘Benjamin’s Tartuffe’, Musica...
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Arthur Leslie Benjamin, composer and pianist: Jean Baptiste de Molière, dramatist: Cedric Cliffe, writer: Alan Boustead, composer and conductor: 'Tartuffe', opera by Arthur Leslie Benjamin, to a libretto by Cedric Cliffe after Jean Baptiste de Molière, completed by Alan Boustead: [1957-1965]: Pa...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1957-1965]
Extent:
4 items

20. MS Mus. 260

Reference (shelfmark):
MS Mus. 260
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Scope & Content:
MS Mus. 260. ARTHUR BENJAMIN COLLECTION. Vol. x. Orchestral music; 1915-50. ff. 107. 363 x 266mm. 1. ff. 1-59. ‘Three Dance-Scherzos’, for full orchestra; 1915-17. Full score. No.1 dedicated ‘To my Mother & Father’ (f. 2), no.2 ‘To Jeanne’ (f. 23), no.3 ‘To F. G. L. & H. N. H. in remem...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1915-1950
Extent:
1 item