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ReferenceBBW/2/2/2/12

Title

Note on Shostakovich: Oedipus Rex and Lady Macbeth

Date16 Feb 1936

DescriptionBritten autograph pencil draft for the article entitled ‘Oedipus Rex and Lady Macbeth’, with descriptive note from Otto Haas. Folder also contains a photocopy of the item.

ExtentOriginal and copy, 4 pages each

Physical Description3¼ sides 20.5 x 26.8 cm

Publication NoteRepublished in ‘Tempo’, March 1977 issue No.120. The draft is published as a footnote in Paul Kildea ‘Britten on Music’ (OUP, 2003), p.17 after his reproduction of the published version, from which it differs considerably.

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