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Our hunting fathers symphonic cycle for soprano solo and orchestra : op. 8

Title
Our hunting fathers [microform] : symphonic cycle for soprano solo and orchestra : op. 8 / by Benjamin Britten ; devised and words arranged by W. H. Auden.
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication
1936.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Ravenscroft, Thomas, 1592?-1635?
  • Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989.
  • Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
  • Wyss, Sophie
  • Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript
  • Toscanini Memorial Archives
Description
6 items of ms. music (50, [34], 38, 42, 50 [i.e. 63], [4] p.)
Subject
  • Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
  • Song cycles
  • Songs (High voice) with orchestra > Scores
  • Songs (High voice) with orchestra > Vocal scores with piano
  • Musical sketches
  • Music > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
Note
  • Holograph composition sketch (condensed score), discarded pages, vocal scores I (incomplete) and II (signed), full score (signed) and full score: superseded pages (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh).
  • Title from Vocal score II.
  • Some pages of composition sketch stuck together.
  • Details on item 2, discarded pages, on frame 147.
  • P. 12-15 of Vocal score I contains voice part of "Ode du premier jour de Mai" by Lennox Berkeley, in hand of Sophie Wyss. See note on frame 194.
  • Opening bars of Messalina in Vocal score I (frames 197 and 198) filmed in 1980.
  • On p. 1 of Vocal score II (frame 225) at foot: Winthrop Rogers edition, copyright 1936 by Hawkes & Son. London Ltd. H 14556.
  • In Rats away! from Vocal score II: 4 staves are for pianoforte, 4 hands.
  • See special note on frame 373 for information on filming and reorganization.
  • Full score includes French text by Maurice Pourchet.
  • Film no. A 27.
Reproduction (note)
  • Microfilm.
Contents
Prologue / Auden -- A. Rats away! / Anon. -- B. Messalina / Anon. -- C. Dance of death (Hawking for the partridge) / Ravenscroft -- Epilogue and Funeral march / Auden.
Call Number
*ZBT-570 no. 2
OCLC
NYPG95-C624
Author
Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Title
Our hunting fathers [microform] : symphonic cycle for soprano solo and orchestra : op. 8 / by Benjamin Britten ; devised and words arranged by W. H. Auden.
Imprint
1936.
Reproduction
Microfilm. Aldeburgh : Britten-Pears Library, 1980-1982, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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Added Author
Ravenscroft, Thomas, 1592?-1635?
Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989. Ode du premier jour de Mai.
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
Wyss, Sophie.
Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
Toscanini Memorial Archives.
Research Call Number
*ZBT-570 no. 2
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