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.
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.
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...