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ReferenceBBM/on_this_island/1/3

Title

Fair copy

DateMay-Oct 1937

Date InformationLet the florid music praise!: Oct 1937; Now the leaves are falling fast: 27 May 1937; Seascape: Oct 1937; Nocturne: 5 May 1937; As it is, plenty: Oct 1937.

DescriptionFair copy with dates, signatures and place of composition. Paste over on page 1v. Song III 'Seascape' dedicated 'For Kit Welford. [underlined]'

Extent1 manuscript; 11 pages [1r-4r, 5r-7r, 8r-11v]

Physical DescriptionBlue ink, pencil and pink crayon; 26.3 x 35.6 cm; plate/catalogue number 'H14824'; paper manufacturer 'A L', paper manufacturer's catalogue number '6'; stamped 'Boosey & Hawkes Ltd'. See Title Page of Collected Volume.

Title Page Of Collected Volume'To Christopher Isherwood. [underlined] / ON THIS ISLAND [underlined] / VOL. ONE [underlined] / words: / W. H. Auden [underlined] / music: / [signature] / I Let the florid music praise! / II Now the leaves are falling fast. / III Seascape / IV Nocturne /

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