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ReferenceBBA/GREETINGS/ORDER_OF_MERIT

Title

Correspondence to Benjamin Britten for his Order of Merit in 1965

DateMar - Apr 1965

DescriptionTypescript and manuscript messages of congratulations for Britten's Order of Merit in 1965. Includes letters, telegrams and cards dated March and April 1965, and are from family, friends and the general public.
These include sponsorship groups including Peace Pledge Union, Performing Right Society, Macnaghten Concerts and music groups such as the Royal Philharmonic Society, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society and the Brighton Philharmnic Society. Also includes businesses and institutions such as the BBC, Boosey and Hawkes and the Internation Music Council. Some individuals of note are Leslie Boosey, the Mayor of Lowestoft, Lennox Berkeley, Harwood Harrison MP, Julian Huxley, Britten's sister Beth Welford (nee Britten).

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