Research Catalog
Quatres chansons françaises pour une voix (soprano) et orchestre
- Title
- Quatres chansons françaises [microform] : pour une voix (soprano) et orchestre / par E. B. Britten.
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Publication
- 1928.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 5 items of ms. music ([2], 9, 43, 6, 10 p.)
- Uniform Title
- Chansons françaises
- Alternative Title
- Chansons françaises
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph composition sketch and full score of Nuits de Juin; full score with discarded pages of Quatres chansons françaises; full score of unused song (incomplete); and vocal score of Quatres chansons françaises (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.)
- For high voice and small orchestra.
- French text by Paul Verlaine and Victor Hugo.
- Title from t.p. for full score with discarded pages.
- Pages 5 and 6 of Item 2 were missing at the time of microfilming. See Frame 14.
- Instructions for tympani are in both French and German in Item 3, p. 24, at foot.
- Item 4: full score (incomplete) of unused song, "Mon rêve familier" (Paul Verlaine).
- Full score of Quatre chansons françaises published: London : Faber Music ; New York : G. Schirmer, c1983.
- Film no. A 27.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Contents
- 1. Nuits de Juin (Victor Hugo) -- 2. Sagesse (Paul Verlaine) -- 3. L'enfance (Victor Hugo) -- 4. Chanson d'automne (Paul Verlaine).
- Call Number
- *ZBT-570 no. 1
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C623
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
- Quatres chansons françaises [microform] : pour une voix (soprano) et orchestre / par E. B. Britten.
- Imprint
- 1928.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1982, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Verlaine, Paul, 1844-1896.Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Chansons françaises. Nuits de Juin.Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Mon rève familier.Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
- *ZBT-570 no. 1