- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 items of ms. music (384 [i.e. 255], 23 [i.e. 21] p.)
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph with short sections (p.245-254 and 275-) copied by Arthur Oldham. (Britten-Pears-Library, Aldeburgh).
- Item 1 consists of full autograph score; item 2 includes discarded pages (rejected versions) and a composition sketch fragment of Melodrama (Methinks I see him). For details see frames 4-5 and 385.
- For solo voices and chamber orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn percussion, harp and solo string quintet).
- Numbering system differs from that of published version. An additional set of numbers have been added, probably by the composer. For details see note on frame 2.
- Act II (nos. 30 and 31) and Act III (no. 44) are found in separate section. See frame 2 for details.
- Act III, no. 40 has three versions, two in composer's hand and one in hand of Arthur Oldham. Details on frame 2.
- Film no. B 4.
- Reproduction (note)
- Call Number
- *ZBT-576
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C120
- Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
The beggar's opera [microform], op. 43 : a ballad-opera in three acts by John Gay (1728) : realized from the original airs / by Benjamin Britten.
- Imprint
1948.
- Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Oldham, Arthur, 1926-
Gay, John, 1685-1732. Beggar's opera.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
*ZBT-576