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Additional authors

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

Description

1. 5 items of ms. music (56, 9, 140, 13, 22 p. in various pagings)

Subject

1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
2. Operas > Scores
3. Musical sketches

Call number

1. *ZBT-584

Note

1. Holograph composition sketch (condensed score), revisions, and discarded sketches, signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh).
2. For soloists, chorus and orchestra including alto saxophone and on-stage drums.
3. For details on discarded sketches and revisions see frames 4, 69, and 236.
4. Revisions refer to revised edition of 1960.
5. Includes: Composition sketch, Act I -- Revisions to Act I -- Compostion sketch, Acts II-IV -- Fragmentary discarded sketches -- (Other) discarded sketches.
6. Libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier, adapted from the story by Hermann Melville.
7. Film no. X 3.

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Author

1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

1. Billy Budd [microform] / B[enjamin] B[ritten]

Imprint

1. 1951-1960.

Reproduction

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

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Added author

1. Crozier, Eric.
2. Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970.
3. Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. Billy Budd.
4. Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
5. Toscanini Memorial Archives.

Research call number

1. *ZBT-584