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Add MS 60599
- Record Id:
- 040-001991537
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000e5
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176880453.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60599
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'Serenade' for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31
- Scope & Content:
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Short score. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil, with some revision of song titles in red crayon. The 'Prologue' and 'Epilogue' are not included.
Title page (f. 1): 'Serenade', in red crayon, written across a draft of the beginning (struck-through) of 'Dirge' (cf. f. 9). The draft continues (not struck-through) onto f. 1v.
'Pastoral' (ff. 2-3), title in red crayon. Words, Charles Cotton. A previous title ('Nocturne', in pencil) has been struck-through. Folio 3v: untitled rough notation.
'Nocturne' (ff. 4-6v), title in red crayon. Words, Alfred, Lord Tennyson. A previous title ('Ballad', in pencil) has been struck-through. The tenor part is marked 'PP' (for Peter Pears).
'Elegy' (ff. 7-8). Words, William Blake. The tenor part is marked 'PP'.
'Dirge' (ff. 9-10v). Words, Anon. Cf. ff. 1-1v.
'Hymn' (ff. 11-13v). Words, Ben Jonson. The tenor part is marked 'PP'. Dated 'April 2nd 1943' (f. 13v).
'Sonnet' (ff. 14-15). Words, John Keats. The tenor part is marked 'PP'. Initialled and dated: 'Snape / March 21st 1943 / BB' (f. 15).
First performance: 15 October 1943, Wigmore Hall, London.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
040-001991537 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60599 : Benjamin Britten: 'Serenade' for tenor, horn and strings, op. 31 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0006]/040-001991537
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (15 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176880453.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- 1943
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio dimensions: 363 x 265 mm.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60599
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)