Research Catalog
Les illuminations op. 18 : soprano or tenor solo & string orchestra
- Title
- Les illuminations [microform] : op. 18 : soprano or tenor solo & string orchestra / Benjamin Britten ; words by Arthur Rimbaud.
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Publication
- 1939.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 5 items of ms. music (39, [16], 52, 27, 36 p.)
- Alternative Title
- Aube.
- Prince ʹetait vexʹe.
- Subject
- Note
- Holograph condensed score (composition sketch), discarded pages including some rejected songs, full score, vocal scores I and II (4 items signed) (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh).
- Title from full score.
- Discarded sketches include rejected songs, "Aube" and "Conte (Un princeʹetait vexʹe)" (unfinished), from the Elizabeth Mayer collection.
- On p. 21 of full score: Property of Boosey & Hawkes Ltd.
- On p. 52 of full score: Amityville, NY - Oct. 25th, 1939.
- Vocal score I arranged for voice and piano by Peter Pears. Cover, last 2 pages, and annotations are in composer's hand.
- P. 28 of vocal score I contains the tenor part of the madrigal, "Si, ch'io vorrei morire" by Monteverdi with Italian text, accompanied by drawings.
- Vocal score II is in the hands of Lennox Berkeley, Peter Pears, and Britten.
- Film no. A 27, no. 3. Item 1 and part of item 2 are also found on Film A 20, no. 2 and described there.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Contents
- Fanfare -- Villes -- Phrase -- Antique -- Royautʹe -- Marine -- Interlude -- Being beauteous -- Parade -- Dʹepart.
- Call Number
- *ZBT-570 no. 3
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C631
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
- Les illuminations [microform] : op. 18 : soprano or tenor solo & string orchestra / Benjamin Britten ; words by Arthur Rimbaud.
- Imprint
- 1939.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Library, 1982, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Rimbaud, Arthur, 1854-1891. Illuminations.Pears, Peter, 1910-1986.Berkeley, Lennox, 1903-1989.Mayer, Elizabeth.Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643. Madrigals, book 4. Si ch' io vorrei morire.Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
- *ZBT-570 no. 3