5 Apr 1967
Financial papers for year ending 5 April 1967, including:
- final expenses sheet, showing travel expenses, repairs, festival and concert expenditure, flying lessons for Jeremy Cullum, subscriptions, music expenses, upkeep expenses etc
- summary of fees, showing payment received from royalties, fees, Boosey and Hawkes, Faber and Faber, and from Peter Pears' account
- list of Aldeburgh expenditure, showing expenditure on food and drink, hardware, furnishings, upkeep, repairs, Christmas, wages etc.
- list of entertainment expenses, showing money spent on wine, restaurants and drinks
- bank reconciliation, showing details of the Langham Place account
- analysis of receipts, showing payment received from Faber and Faber, royalties, performance, repeat and transcription fees, Aldeburgh Cinema Director's fee, Boosey and Hawkes, and returns of loans
- wages summary, showing wages paid for secretary, household, garden and assistant
- statement of Boosey and Hawkes account, including details 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, showing payments made for repairs and decorations, rent, wages, travel, cinema, upkeep, food, subscriptions, books, music, doctor's fees, flying lessons for J. Cullum etc.
The names of bodies to which subscriptions and donations were paid are given. Includes payment for a Steinway concert grand piano.
- domestic account for the financial year, showing money spent on housekeeping, hardware and repairs, clothes/fabrics, food and drinks, newspapers and books, wages, chemist, laundry, fuel, and sundries
- analysis of sundries, including bank charges, garden upkeep, car expenses, stationery, Miss Hudson's telephone use, license, and personal
- list of petty Cullum's cash expenditure, including postage, food, hotels, fares, stationery, wages and sundries
- list of Britten's and Pears's movements from 5 April 1966 - 3 April 1967; day by day diary giving details of where Britten and Pears travelled to and for what purpose
- entertainment list from 6 April 1966 - 2 April 1967, giving name of person entertained either at Aldeburgh or London
- list of capital allowances, showing motor cars and additions to instruments (piano and clavichord)
- income and expenditure account
40 pages
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