- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 items of ms. music (165 [i.e. 153], p. A - P [i.e. 31] p.)
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph composition sketch and discarded sketches (Britten-Pears-Library, Aldeburgh).
- Composition sketch consists of 2 staves-full score sketches of complete opera; discarded sketches include fragmentary sketches of the Prologue and parts of Acts I and II. Most are unidentified.
- For solo voices and chamber orchestra (flute (piccolo, bass flute), oboe (English horn), clarinet (bass clarinet), bassoon, horn, percussion, harp, piano (celesta), and solo string quintet.
- Libretto by Myfanwy Piper based on the story by Henry James.
- On page added by Britten Pears Library: The turn of the screw, opus 54 : opera in a prologue and two acts.
- Page nos. on rectos only.
- Film no. B 5.
- Reproduction (note)
- Call Number
- *ZBT-577
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C124
- Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
The turn of the screw [microform] / B[enjamin] B[ritten]
- Imprint
1954.
- Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Piper, Myfanwy.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
*ZBT-577