Untitled three-bar excerpt from 'Every Night and Every Morn' bound alongside sketches for 'A poison tree' (BBM/songs_and_proverbs_of_william_blake/1/1) and 'Ah, sunflower' (BBM/songs_and_proverbs_of_william_blake/1/2) as well as the composition draft (BBM/songs_and_proverbs_of_william_blake/1/4) and discarded pages from 'A poison tree' (BBM/songs_and_proverbs_of_william_blake/1/5).
1 page of 24 page manuscript [24v, systems 5-6]
Bound volume; pencil and blue ballpoint; 28 x 38 cm; stamped with the 'British Library' stamp. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records and Title Page of Collected Volume.
'For Dieter - the past & the future / op. 74 / Songs & Proverbs / of / William Blake / (Selected by Peter Pears) / from Songs of Exp. Augeries of Innocence & Proverbs of Hell / Set to music for / Baritone & Piano / by / Benjamin Britten'.
This item has been digitised and is available on the British Library website at: http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_60614
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