Research Catalog
Johnson over Jordan
- Title
- Johnson over Jordan [microform] / Benjamin Britten.
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Publication
- 1939-1955.
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 ms. score (227 p.)
- Alternative Title
- Spider dance
- Subject
- Note
- Manuscript: Act I chiefly in composer's hand ; Act II chiefly in the hand of copyists ; Act III in the hand of Ernest Irving. (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh).
- On t.p. added by Britten-Pears Library: Incidental music : Johnson over Jordan (1939) / by J.B. Priestley ; full score.
- "In addition to Benjamin Britten's original music, Johnson over Jordan contains pieces by other composers arranged by Ernest Irving, musical director when the play was first produced in February 1939. This manuscript was subsequently used for a radio adaptation... The ... index [frames 4-6] reconstructs, as far as possible, the form of the original 1939 stage production."--Note, frame 4.
- There are 2 versions of Act II, no. 5: The spider and the fly (1939) and The spider dance (1955) and of several other sections.
- Also includes a published piano piece, Valse bleue / by Alfred Margis (Act III, no. 12).
- Film no. X 13.
- Reproduction (note)
- Microfilm.
- Call Number
- *ZBT-591
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C860
- Author
- Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
- Title
- Johnson over Jordan [microform] / Benjamin Britten.
- Imprint
- 1939-1955.
- Format
- Score.
- Reproduction
- Microfilm. Aldeburgh Britten-Pears Library, 1982, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Priestley, J. B. (John Boynton), 1894-1984. Johnson over Jordan.Irving, Ernest, 1878-1953.Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Johnson over Jordan. Spider and the fly; arranged.Margis, Alfred. Valse bleue.Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.Toscanini Memorial Archives.
- Research Call Number
- *ZBT-591