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Add MS 60626
- Record Id:
- 040-001991570
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001991529
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x000100
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176883295.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 60626
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: Purcell realisations
- Scope & Content:
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Three realisations of music by Henry Purcell. None of the manuscripts is dated.
1. Henry Purcell, 'The Golden Sonata' (Z 810), realised for two violins, cello and piano. Entitled 'Sonata IX', scored in pencil with Britten's signature on f. 1 (ff. 1-7v).
First performance: 21 November 1945, Wigmore Hall, London.
2. Henry Purcell, 'There's not a swain of the plain' (Z 587), scored in pencil, text over-written in blue ink, with Britten's initials: 'Purcell arr BB' (f. 8).
Text by Anthony Henley, inserted by Purcell (1693) into John Fletcher, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife (1624). Britten's arrangement was first performed by Britten and Peter Pears: 19 July 1943, Mayflower Barn, Jordans, Buckinghamshire.
3. Henry Purcell, 'Turn then thine eyes' (Z 425; text Anon). 'Purcell arr BB', scored in pencil (ff. 8v-9).
First performance (Britten and Pears): 13 March 1945, Salle de l'Ancien Conservatoire, Paris.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001991529
040-001991570 - Is part of:
- Add MS 60593-60626 : Britten Manuscripts: Musical compositions of Benjamin Britten
Add MS 60626 : Benjamin Britten: Purcell realisations - Hierarchy:
- 032-001991529[0024]/040-001991570
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 60593-60626
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (9 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176883295.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1943
- End Date:
- 1945
- Date Range:
- [1943-1945]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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A note in pencil on the fly leaf (by Philip Reed, 3 June 1987) states that the manuscript has been incorrectly bound and indicates what the sequence of folios should be.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60626
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)