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

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  • Reference
    • GB 2027 Add MS 60601
  • Alternative Id.
      (ark) ark:/81055/vdc_100000000393.0x0000e7
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1952]
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume (10 folios)

Scope and Content

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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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Folio dimensions: 365 x 270 mm.