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ReferenceBBA/ALDEBURGH_FESTIVAL_OF_MUSIC_AND_THE_ARTS/FROM/1965

Title

Correspondence from Benjamin Britten to the Aldeburgh Festival

Date1965-1966

DescriptionLetters from Benjamin Britten to the Aldeburgh Festival from 1965-1966 covering topics such as:
- Handwritten drafts and typescript copies of letters to Slava Rostropovich and Dieter Fischer-Dieskau with programmes for concerts in the Festival
- Typescript drafts with handwritten annotations for letters planning to convert Snape's concert hall with the donation from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Plans for the Queen opening the Concert Hall and handwritten drafts of letters to Prince Phillipand Sir Michael Adeane to arrange the opening of the Maltings Hall

There are also letters to the Festival organisers and musicians with general plans arranging the performances and programmes.

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