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War requiem

Title
War requiem [microform] / Benjamin Britten.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
1961.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918.
  • Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript
  • Toscanini Memorial Archives
Description
3 items of ms. music (128, 57, 254 p. in various pagings)
Subject
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Requiems > Scores
  • Musical sketches
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)
  • Microfilm.
Language (note)
  • English and Latin words.
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.
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Added Author
Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918. Poems.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Research Call Number
*ZBT-581
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