Item
BBM/an_occasional_overture/1/1
Composition draft
7-16 Oct 1941
Start date based on a letter from Britten to Albert Goldberg dated 7 Oct 1941 in which Britten mentions he is currently writting this work. The end date is based on a letter from Britten to Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge on Oct 18th 1941 in which he mentions completing the work 'at 2a.m. yesterday'.
Heavily annotated composition draft in short score.
1 manuscript; 10 pages [1r-10v]
Pencil; 27.5 x 35 cm. Paper manufacturer = Belwin Inc, New York, U.S.A. Paper manufacturer's catalogue No.=No.14_20 lines. See Title Page of Collected Volume.
'OCCASIONAL / OVERTURE / op.27 / [signature]'.
Archive
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