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Noye's fludde The Chester miracle play :for children and grownups : op. 59

Title
Noye's fludde [microform] : The Chester miracle play :for children and grownups : op. 59 / Benjamin Britten.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
1957.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
  • Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
  • Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Description
3 items of ms. music (56, [6], 141 [i.e. 145] p.)
Subject
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Operas > Scores
  • Operas > Juvenile > Scores
  • Musical sketches
  • Mysteries and miracle-plays, English
  • Music > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
Note
  • Holograph signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.)
  • For adults' and children's voices, children's chorus, chamber ensemble, and children's orchestra.
  • Text from English miracle plays, moralities and interludes, edited by Alfred W. Pollard.
  • Professional ensemble consists of solo string quintet, treble recorder, piano (four hands), organ, and timpani. Children's orchestra consists of recorders, bugles, handbells, percussion and strings.
  • At foot of item 1, p. 56: December 18,1957.
  • Includes: Composition sketch -- Discarded sketches -- Full score.
  • Film no. A 6.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Call Number
*ZBT-555 no. 2
OCLC
NYPG94-C5810
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Title
Noye's fludde [microform] : The Chester miracle play :for children and grownups : op. 59 / Benjamin Britten.
Imprint
1957.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh. Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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Added Author
Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William), 1859-1944.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Research Call Number
*ZBT-555 no. 2
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