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Add MS 60619
- Record Id:
- 040-001991562
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000f9
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176883025.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60619
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'Sacred and Profane', op. 91
- Scope & Content:
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Eight medieval lyrics for unaccompanied voices (SSATB). Autograph music manuscript, in pencil. Signed, and dated 'Dec 1974 - Jan 1975' (f. 2).
The volume comprises:
- title page ('Mediaeval Lyrics / Sacred & Profane'), with Britten's initials and his dedication: 'For P[eter]P[ears] & the Wilbye Consort' (f. 1);
- second title page ('Sacred & Profane / 8 Mediaeval Lyrics for 5 Voices') with Britten's signature, the dedication repeated, and a note at the bottom of the folio that the sequence of the lyrics should be attacca, breaking briefly between lyrics 5 and 6 if required (f. 2);
- 1. 'St Godric's Hymn' (f. 3-3v);
- 2. 'I mon waxe wode' (f. 4-4v);
- 3. 'Lenten is Come' (ff. 5-6v);
- 4. 'The Long Night' (ff. 7-8);
- 5. 'Yif Ic of Luve Can' (f. 9-9v);
- 6. 'Carol' (ff. 10-11), dated 'Dec 30th';
- 7. 'Ye that passen by' (f. 12-12v);
- 8. 'A Death' (ff. 13-16), dated 'Jan 9th 1974' (the year conflicts with dating elsewhere in the manuscript and it would appear that Britten intended '1975').
First performance: 14 September 1975, Snape Maltings Concert Hall (the Wilbye Consort, Peter Pears conducting).
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
040-001991562 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60619 : Benjamin Britten: 'Sacred and Profane', op. 91 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0018]/040-001991562
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (17 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176883025.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1974
- End Date:
- 1975
- Date Range:
- 1974-1975
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Folio dimensions: 380 x 280 mm, except f. 15 (115 x 180 mm) which is hinged and attached to f. 14v.
- 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_60619
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)