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LevelFile

ReferenceBBA/DECCA/TO/1953

Title

Correspondence to Benjamin Britten from Decca Recording Company

Date1953

DescriptionIncludes organising O Lord Grant the Queen a Long Life for the Aldeburgh Festival, Britten's contract with Decca, and Britten and Pears meeting Dennis Brain to remake Serenade for tenor, horn and orchestra.
Also includes scheduling for the recordings of Sinfonia da Requiem, Ceremony of Carols and Liebeslieder, as well as provisions for the BBC to record a Canticle with Kathleen Ferrier and Peter Pears.

Correspondence also includes a letter from N. E. Younger at Bailey-Watson Productions about distribution of records.

Extent1 file; 22 items

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