Benjamin Britten: 'Abraham & Isaac or Canticle II', op. 51

Score, for alto and tenor voices and piano. Autograph music manuscript, in pencil (small additions in blue ink on f. 3v and on f. 9). Britten's initials on the title page (f. 1). Not dated.

Text: from the Chester Miracle Play Histories of Lot and Abraham.

First performance: 21 January 1952, Albert Hall, Nottingham.

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Folio dimensions: 365 x 270 mm.