- Additional Authors
- Description
- 3 items of ms. music (128, 57, 254 p. in various pagings)
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph condensed score, signed; discarded sketches; and full score (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh)
- On flyleaf 2: Written for the Festival in connection with the Consecrtion of St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry. May, 1962.
- Text from the Missa pro defunctis and poems of Wilfred Owen.
- For soprano, alto, mixed chorus and orchestra; boys' chorus and organ (or harmonium); tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra.
- Several pages include notes to copyist at foot.
- In the composition sketch (condensed score format), the parts of the Mass are paginated separately.
- Includes: Composition sketch -- Discarded sketches -- Full score.
- For detailed contents see frames 2, 139, and 198.
- Film no. B 9.
- Reproduction (note)
- Language (note)
- Call Number
- *ZBT-581
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C243
- Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
War requiem [microform] / Benjamin Britten.
- Imprint
1961.
- Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Language
English and Latin words.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. Poems.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
*ZBT-581