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Add MS 59798
- Record Id:
- 040-001998257
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001998255
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000494.0x000149
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100176880058.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59798
- Title:
- Benjamin Britten: 'A Boy Was Born', choral variations for unaccompanied men's, women's and boys' voices, op. 3
- Scope & Content:
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A set of nine vocal parts, marked Boys, Sopranos I, Sopranos II, Altos I, Altos II, Tenors I, Tenors II, Basses I and Basses II. Autograph music manuscript in ink, with numerous paste-down corrections and some pencil annotations. 'A Boy Was Born' received its first public performance at the Mercury Theatre, London on 17 December 1934, in a Macnaghten-Lemare concert conducted by Iris Lemare.
- Collection Area:
- Music Collections
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001998255
040-001998257 - Is part of:
- Add MS 59797-59814 : THE MACNAGHTEN CONCERTS COLLECTION Autograph music manuscripts and letters of musicians donated in 1975 by the composers and…
Add MS 59798 : Benjamin Britten: 'A Boy Was Born', choral variations for unaccompanied men's, women's and boys' voices, op. 3 - Hierarchy:
- 032-001998255[0002]/040-001998257
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 59797-59814
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume (i + 72 folios)
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100176880058.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1932
- End Date:
- 1933
- Date Range:
- 1932-1933
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Copyright © 1934 by Oxford University Press. Copyright © 2009 by Chester Music Ltd.
- Physical Characteristics:
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355 x 262mm.
- Information About Copies:
- Digitised copy available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_59798
- Publications:
- 'A Boy was Born' was published in London in 1934.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)