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Add MS 60598
- Record Id:
- 040-001991536
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000e4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176880437.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60598
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'Song for St Cecilia' [Hymn to St Cecilia], op. 27
- Scope & Content:
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Words, W.H. Auden. Short score, for five-part unaccompanied chorus. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, with an addition in red crayon on f. 7v.
The work's original title ('Song for St Cecilia') is written across partially erased score which has also been struck-through (f. 1), and f. 1v is also struck-through, as are f. 8 and f. 8v. The score spans f. 2 - f. 7v.
Signed and dated by Britten on f. 7, recording the name of the ship on which the manuscript was drafted as Britten returned to England from the United States of America: 'April 2nd 1942 / M.S. Axel Johnson'.
First performance: 22 November 1942, BBC Home Service (pre-recorded 17 November 1942). First concert performance: 28 November 1942, Wigmore Hall, London.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
040-001991536 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60598 : Benjamin Britten: 'Song for St Cecilia' [Hymn to St Cecilia], op. 27 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0005]/040-001991536
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (8 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176880437.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1942
- End Date:
- 1942
- Date Range:
- 1942
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio dimensions: 335 x 270 mm.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60598
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)