Research Catalog

Title

Billy Budd [microform] : an opera in four acts / [story by] Herman Melville; [libretto by] E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier; [music by] Benjamin Britten.

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

c1951, 1960.

Details

Additional Authors

• Crozier, Eric
• Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891.
• Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript
• Toscanini Memorial Archives

Description

1 score (3 vol. (100, p. 71-91 [i.e. 20], p. 101-460 [i.e. 360] p.))

Subject

• Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
• Operas > Scores
• Music > Manuscripts > Facsimiles

Note

• Holograph full score with revisions to end of Act I, signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh).
• Mounted at foot of p. 1: Hawkes & Son Ltd. (London), c1951.
• On frame 492: "End of opera. November 2nd, 1951."
• For soloists, chorus and orchestra including alto saxophone and on-stage drums.
• For details on contents see frames 3 and 4.
• Revisions refer to revised edition of 1960.
• Includes: Full score, Act I -- Revisions to Act I (1960 version) -- Full score, Acts II-IV.
• Film no. X 4.

Reproduction (note)

• Microfilm.

Call Number

*ZBT-585

OCLC

NYPG95-C296

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

Billy Budd [microform] : an opera in four acts / [story by] Herman Melville; [libretto by] E.M. Forster and Eric Crozier; [music by] Benjamin Britten.

Imprint

c1951, 1960.

Reproduction

Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Added Author

Crozier, Eric.

Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.

Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.

Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.

Toscanini Memorial Archives.

Research Call Number

*ZBT-585