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Additional authors

1. Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
2. Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
3. Toscanini Memorial Archives.

Description

1. 3 items of ms. music (102 [i.e. 105], [23], 218 p.)

Uniform title

1. Burning fiery furnace. Selections (Sketches)

Alternative title

1. Burning fiery furnace.

Subject

1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 > Manuscripts > Facsimiles
2. Operas > Excerpts > Scores
3. Musical sketches
4. Liturgical dramas

Call number

1. *ZBT-556

Note

1. Holograph signed (Britten-Pears Library, Aldeburgh.)
2. Item 1: Composition sketch (condensed score); includes discarded sketches on p. 11a, 19a and 19b.
3. Item 2: Discarded sketches.
4. Item 3: Full score sketches.
5. At foot of p. 1, item 3: C 1966 by Faber Music Ltd.
6. For vocal soloists, choruses, and instrumental ensemble (flute, horn, trombone, viola, double bass, harp, percussion, and chamber organ).
7. Discarded sketches include: J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concert[o] no. 3 (Cadenza for violin and viola linking the two movements [II and III] - Nebuchadnezzar's state entry and list of instruments with player's names for the March - Herald's proclamation - Merodak chorus - Instrumentalist's march - Nebuchadnezzar orders [for] the furnace to be prepared.
8. Film no. A 7.

Reproduction (note)

1. Microfilm.

Author

1. Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Title

1. The burning fiery furnace [microform] : second parable for church performance / [music by] Benjamin Britten, libretto by William Plomer.

Imprint

1. 1966.

Reproduction

1. Microfilm. Aldeburgh. Britten-Pears Library, 1979, 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.

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Added author

1. Plomer, William, 1903-1973.
2. Britten-Pears Library. Manuscript.
3. Toscanini Memorial Archives.

Research call number

1. *ZBT-556