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ReferenceBBM/on_the_frontier/2/4

Title

Full score [fair copy]

DateOct 1938

Date InformationDate derived fom Britten's diary and the date of the first performance on 14 Nov 1938.

DescriptionSigned and titled full score which us incomplete and the final section - Interlude - is ina copyist's hand. The score is divided into Overture, Fanfares, After Act I Scene I, Waltz number I, and Interlude. It includes rehearsal marks, corrections, annotations, and crossings out. There is a sketch in B flat minor from an unknown piece on the back of page 28.

Extent1 manuscript; 18 pages [1r-31r]

Physical DescriptionBlack ink, blue ink, pencil, and red pencil; 26.4 x 36.5cm

Title Page Of Collected Volume1734 [encircled] / "ON THE / FRONTIER" / Benjamin Britten [signature]

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