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Add MS 61814-61816
- Record Id:
- 032-001962047
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001962047
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x0000ae
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 61814-61816
- Title:
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Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana', op. 53. Opera in three acts (libretto William Plomer); 1953, with revisions of 1966.
- Scope & Content:
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Full score, in ink. Partly autograph. Names of instruments and characters, clefs, key and time signatures, vocal lines, and words are in the hand of Imogen Holst, copied from Britten's composition draft, the orchestration added by the composer. The opera was first performed on 8 June 1953 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001962047", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 61814-61816: Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana', op. 53. Opera in three acts (libretto William Plomer); 1953, with revisions of 1966." },{ "id" : "040-001962048", "parent" : "032-001962047", "text" : "Add MS 61814 A: Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act I" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001962049", "parent" : "032-001962047", "text" : "Add MS 61814 B: Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Revisions to Acts I and III" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001962050", "parent" : "032-001962047", "text" : "Add MS 61815: Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act II" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001962051", "parent" : "032-001962047", "text" : "Add MS 61816: Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act III" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001962047
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 61814 A : Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act I
Add MS 61814 B : Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Revisions to Acts I and III
Add MS 61815 : Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act II
Add MS 61816 : Benjamin Britten: 'Gloriana'. Act III
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- 032-001962047
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 4 volumes
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1953
- End Date:
- 1966
- Date Range:
- 1953-1966
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Paper. 546 x 335mm. Bound in quarter blue leather by Boosey & Hawkes.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented by the executors of the Britten Estate and the Trustees of the Britten-Pears Foundation, 16 May 1980.
- Information About Copies:
- A facsimile of the present manuscript is Music Library, press-mark K.11.a.10. Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts
- Publications:
- Vocal score published London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1953.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Britten, Edward Benjamin, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, composer, 1913-1976,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121181099
Holst, Imogen, composer and writer on music, 1907-1984,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000109333854 - Related Material:
- The composition draft, with other preliminary material, is in the Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.