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MS Mus. 1726/1
- Record Id:
- 040-001562774
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001562772
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000427.0x0002f9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- MS Mus. 1726/1
- Title:
- Letters of Benjamin Britten and others
- Scope & Content:
- Letters and cards to Robert Saxton from Benjamin Britten and his secretaries, 1963-1974, n.d. Including a card from Britten to the singer Teresa Cahill, wife of Robert Saxton, f. 83. Also including a leaf of music manuscript by Robert Saxton, annotated by Britten (f. 118; see letter of Oct 12 1963, f. 6). With some later notes and cards from Peter Pears and Alan Britten, 1976, 1991-1993.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Music Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001562772
040-001562774 - Is part of:
- MS Mus. 1726 : Letters of Benjamin Britten, Elisabeth Lutyens and others to Robert Saxton
MS Mus. 1726/1 : Letters of Benjamin Britten and others - Hierarchy:
- 032-001562772[0001]/040-001562774
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: MS Mus. 1726
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 128 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1963
- End Date:
- 1993
- Date Range:
- 1963-1993
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
- 310 x 235mm.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Britten, Alan Edward Marsh, oil executive and nephew of Benjamin Britten, 1938-2016
Britten, Edward Benjamin, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh, composer, 1913-1976,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121181099
Cahill, Teresa Mary, singer, b 1944
Cullum, Jeremy, fl 1965
Pears, Peter, Knight, singer, 1910-1986
Saxton, Robert, composer, b 1953
Strode, Rosamund, singer, editor and administrator, 1927-2010