5 Apr 1965
Financial papers for year ending 5 April 1965, including:
- income and expenditure account
- final expenses sheet, showing travel expenses, repairs, festival expenditure, subscriptions, music expenses, upkeep expenses etc
- household account, showing balance, outstanding cheques and withdrawals
- analysis of receipts, including royalties, fees, payment from Boosey and Hawkes, and sundry receipts
- summary of fees, royalties, and Boosey and Hawkes payments
- extracts from wage book detailing wages of G. Hudson, J. Drew, N. Whiteland, J. Hawkins, F. Hawkins, Miss Hudson, H. Bryson, R. Strode and J. Cullum
- details of Aldeburgh expenditure, including food and drink, hardware, house and garden upkeep, chemist, Christmas etc.
- details of entertaining expenditure, including wine, restaurants, casual drinks, food and sundry expenses
- summary and statement of Boosey and Hawkes account, with a summary of royalties payable to Britten; the royalties are divided into sheet music, mechanical, hire and performing, broadcasting, Canadian sheet, USA and German sheet royalties.
- analysis of payments, including payments for repairs, household upkeep, garden, rent, staff wages, piano tuning, tickets, entertaining, travel, music, literature, food and drink etc.
- list of standing orders to The Composer's Guild, The Friends of the National School of Opera, Aldeburgh Parochial Church Council Living Augmentation Fund, Barbara Britten, E. B. Britten, Scottish Widows' Fund and Life Assurance Society, Automobile Association, Mrs Clubwalla Jadhaw, Aldeburgh Festival, Britten Covenant Trust, Ivan Clayton, Suffolk Records Society, Friends of the Theatre Royal and the Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding
- domestic account for the financial year, showing money spent on housekeeping, Jeremy Cullum, hardware and repairs, clothes, fabrics, food and drinks, newpapers and books, wages, chemist, laundry, fuel, and sundries
- list of Cullum's petty cash expenditure, including postage, food, hotels, fares, stationery, wages and sundries
- list of Britten's and Pears's movements from 3 April 1964 - 2 April 1965; day by day diary giving details of where Britten and Pears travelled to and for what purpose
- figures for number of days spent in London, Aldeburgh, holiday or tour in UK and abroad and ill
34 pages
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