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Add MS 60608
- Record Id:
- 040-001991548
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000ee
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176881862.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60608
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', op. 64 (full score, Act III)
- Scope & Content:
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Full score. Partly autograph music manuscript, largely in pencil (with some parts for voices in black ink, in copyist's hand). Prepared for the publishers Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd.
Brief notation notes, and notes to the copyist, in Britten's hand, on ff. 1v, 11v, 13, 15, 15v, 17v, and 22.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
036-001991544
040-001991548 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60605-60608 : Benjamin Britten: ''A Midsummer Night''s Dream'', op. 64
Add MS 60608 : Benjamin Britten: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', op. 64 (full score, Act III) - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0010]/036-001991544[0004]/040-001991548
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (136 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176881862.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1960
- End Date:
- 1960
- Date Range:
- [1960]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio dimensions: 455 x 290 mm. Bound by Boosey & Hawkes. Very occasional light smudging of the parts in black ink. Ink blots on f. 20v, 56v, 66, 70, and 136.
- 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_60608
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)