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ReferenceBBM/two_insect_pieces

Title

Two insect pieces

Subtitle / Other TitleFor oboe and piano

Date5-21 Apr 1935

DescriptionWork dedicated :'For Sylvia Spencer'. The piece has two movements: 1. The grasshopper; 2. The wasp. As well as these two pieces, Britten sketched three other pieces for oboe and piano (of which only two fragments appear to survive) and seems to have intended scoring the accompaniments of all five to form a suite for oboe and string orchestra. The 'Grasshopper' movement was first performed in the Leith Hill Musical Festival on 2 May 1935.

Extent4 items

CopiesMaterial has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Composition sketch: A28, frames 157 - 165
Composition sketch: A28, frames 173 - 177
Discarded sketches: A28, frames 178 - 182
The Grasshopper - fair copy: A28, frames 166 - 172
Oboe part: A28, frames 183 - 187
Sketch page (oboe): A57, frames 55 - 57

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