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The burning fiery furnace second parable for church performance

Title
The burning fiery furnace [microform] : second parable for church performance / [music by] Benjamin Britten, libretto by William Plomer.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
1966.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
  • Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
  • Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Description
3 items of ms. music (102 [i.e. 105], [23], 218 p.)
Uniform Title
Burning fiery furnace. Selections (Sketches)
Alternative Title
Burning fiery furnace.
Subject
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Operas > Excerpts > Scores
  • Musical sketches
  • Liturgical dramas
Note
  • Holograph signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.)
  • Item 1: Composition sketch (condensed score); includes discarded sketches on p. 11a, 19a and 19b.
  • Item 2: Discarded sketches.
  • Item 3: Full score sketches.
  • At foot of p. 1, item 3: C 1966 by Faber Music Ltd.
  • For vocal soloists, choruses, and instrumental ensemble (flute, horn, trombone, viola, double bass, harp, percussion, and chamber organ).
  • Discarded sketches include: J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concert[o] no. 3 (Cadenza for violin and viola linking the two movements [II and III] - Nebuchadnezzar's state entry and list of instruments with player's names for the March - Herald's proclamation - Merodak chorus - Instrumentalist's march - Nebuchadnezzar orders [for] the furnace to be prepared.
  • Film no. A 7.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Call Number
*ZBT-556
OCLC
NYPG94-C5820
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Title
The burning fiery furnace [microform] : second parable for church performance / [music by] Benjamin Britten, libretto by William Plomer.
Imprint
1966.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh. Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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Added Author
Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Research Call Number
*ZBT-556
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