Copy of Britten's composition draft with annotations and corrections mostly by Rosamund Strode under Britten's supervision but may include a few corrections possibly written by Britten. Page [11v] is annotated with the note 'Photocopy of original composition sketch (q. v.) / used by RS to make the ink fair copy' in Rosamund Strode's hand.
1 manuscript; 11 pages [1-10 recto only, 11r-11v]
Black ink with annotations in pencil, red, blue and green crayon and blue ballpoint; 25.5 x 40.6 cm. See Title Page of Collected Volume.
'In loving memory of William Plomer [underlined] / Canticle V for Tenor & Harp. / The Death of Narcissus / T. S. Eliot. / [Op. 89 added later in pencil] / BB'.
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