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The turn of the screw

Title
The turn of the screw [microform] / B[enjamin] B[ritten]
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
1954.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Piper, Myfanwy.
  • James, Henry, 1843-1916.
  • Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
  • Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Description
2 items of ms. music (165 [i.e. 153], p. A - P [i.e. 31] p.)
Subject
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Operas > Scores
  • Musical sketches
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)
  • Microfilm.
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.
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Added Author
Piper, Myfanwy.
James, Henry, 1843-1916.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Research Call Number
*ZBT-577
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