Start date: based on the one written under Britten's signature on manuscript's title page.
End date: based on that mentioned in the note about alterations in the bottom right corner of manuscript's title page
Fair copy with dates and signatures.
3 pages of 4 page manuscript [1r-3v]
Blue ink; 23.3 x 30.9 cm. Paper manufacturer = The B.F.Wood Music Co. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records and Title Page of Collected Volume.
'EBB / THE BIRDS / Hilaire Belloc / Set to Music for soprano solo and strings / by / [signature] / June 3rd 1929 / HOLT-NORFOLK /originally finished / LOWESTOFT SUFFOLK / 1st 2 alterations / aug 4th & Dec 30th 1929 / HOLT NORFOLK / 3rd alteration / May 30
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