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ReferencePG/1954/0914

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Programme for the seventeenth International Festival of Contemporary Music, The Turn of the Screw, Venice, 1954

Date14-16 Sep 1954

DescriptionProgramme 90pp in Italian for 17th Festival internazionale di musica contemporanea [Venice Biennale] which included the premiere performance (on 14 Sep; another 16 Sep) by the English Opera Group of Britten's The turn of the screw. Other events included performances of Bartok, Bernstein and Hindemith, and a production of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. There are articles, synopses and illustrations covering all festival performances. As an insert, there is an eight-page English, French and German synopsis of Britten's opera.

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