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Add MS 60593
- Record Id:
- 040-001991530
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000df
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176880155.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60593
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'Sinfonietta for Ten Instruments', op. 1
- Scope & Content:
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Full score, for flute, oboe, clarinet in B flat, bassoon, horn in F, violin I, violin II, viola, violoncello, and double bass.
Autograph music manuscript, in ink, with annotations in red crayon and hinged and pasted-down corrections.
- I. Poco presto e agitato (ff. 2v-22v);
- II. 'Variations': Andante lento (ff. 23-36v);
- III. 'Tarantella': Presto vivace (ff. 37-70).
Manuscript dated 'June 20th - July 9th 1932' (f. 70), with Britten's signature on ff. 1, 2v and 70.
First performance: 31 January 1933, The Ballet Club (Mercury Theatre), London.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
040-001991530 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60593 : Benjamin Britten: 'Sinfonietta for Ten Instruments', op. 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0001]/040-001991530
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (70 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176880155.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1932
- Date Range:
- 1932
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio dimensions (excluding smaller hinged and pasted-down additions): 346 x 255 mm. With a small tear at the top of folio 36.
- Information About Copies:
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Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60593
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)