Discarded sketches of songs from 'On this island' including 'Let the florid music praise!' and 'As it is, plenty' plus a draft of 'The sun shines down'. Britten has added an instruction regarding pitch on page 13r, scored through a number of pages and made a number of crossings out. Signatures present also.
1 manuscript; 15 pages [1r-5r; 6r-11v, 13r-15v]
Pencil; 26.1 x 35.6 cm & 26.3 x 35.6 cm; paper manufacturer 'A L', paper manufacturer's catalogue numbers '10' & '12' respectively.
Archive
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