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ReferenceBBA/ALDEBURGH_FESTIVAL_OF_MUSIC_AND_THE_ARTS/TO/1967_LETTERS

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Correspondence to Benjamin Britten from Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts

Date1967

DescriptionLetters to Benjamin Britten from Aldeburgh Festival in 1967 covering topics such as:
- A list of confirmed principal singers for performances of A Midsummer Night's Dream and Burning Fiery Furnace from the Royal Opera House
- A grant of £25,000 from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation for the building of Snape Maltings
- A letter from the British Embassy in Budapest confirms the Babszinhaz Puppet Theatre will perform in Aldeburgh
- Cambridge Unviersity Musical Society plan programmes for 1966/1967 with a performance of St Matthew passion in 1968
- A letter from the BBC planning to film the Festival
- Budgets for building at Snape Maltings

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