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ReferenceBBM/simple_symphony/1/3

Title

Fair copy

Date13 Feb-19 March 1934

Date InformationOn 23v Britten has written '[Dec 23 1933-Feb 10 1934]'.

DescriptionDated and annotated fair copy (used as a printer's copy) with list of movements and note by Britten on the first performance. With engraver's markings, rehearsal marks and paste overs. Dedicated to Audrey Alson (Mrs Lincolne Sutton). Britten gives the source from which each movement is taken or based upon. Attached is a memo from the Oxford University Press Music Department regarding the set of parts which were to be used for engraving.

Extent23 pages of 24 page manuscript; 1v-7r, 8r-12r, 13r-23v

Physical DescriptionBlue ink, pencil, red and blue crayon; 26.3 x 35.7 cm; paper manufacturer 'A L', paper manufacturer's catalogue number '12'. See Title Page of Collected Volume.

Title Page Of Collected Volume'SIMPLE SYMPHONY / (FOR STRINGS) / {VIOLIN I / VIOLIN II / VIOLA / VIOLINCELLO / [DOUBLE-BASS]}'.

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