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ReferenceBBM/suite_on_english_folk_tunes

Subtitle / Other TitleFor chamber orchestra

Published Opus NoOp. 90

DateOct 1974-16 Nov 1974

DescriptionWork in five movements: 1 Cakes and ale, 2 The bitter withy, 3 Hankin Booby, 4 Hunt the squirrel, 5 Lord Melbourne. The work is dedicated: 'Lovingly and reverently dedicated to the memory of Percy Grainger'. Britten used tunes for these folk songs from: CDB: The country dance book, ed. Cecil Sharp (Novello, 1909-22); JFSS: Journal of the folk song society; Playford, 1651: The English dancing master (1651); Playford, 1706: The dancing master, 13th ed. (1706).

Extent23 items

CopiesMaterial has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Tunes & sketch pages: A33, frames 3 - 23
List of sources, texts: A33, frames 24 - 29
Composition sketch: A33, frames 30 - 67
Hankin Booby - fair copy: A33, frames 68 - 84
Full score, proof p/c with BB adds: A33, frames 85 - 113
Full score, RS dyeline with corr: A33, frames 114 - 176

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