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A boy was born / Benjamin Britten [cr-vr]
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A boy was born [cr-vr] - Uniform Title
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Boy was born - Creator
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976 - Corporate Name
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Henderson & Spalding - Place of Publication/Creation
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London - Type of Material
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notated music - Genre
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cr-vr - Published/Created
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1933 - Publisher
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Oxford University Press - Languages
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English words. - Form
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print - Physical Description
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1 score (83 leaves) ; 35 cm. - Table of Contents
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Theme / Anonymous (Oxford book of carols) -- Lullay, Jesu : variation I / Anonymous, before 1536 (Ancient-English Christmas carols) -- Herod : variation II / Anonymous, before 1529 (Ancient-English Christmas carols) -- Jesu, as Thou art our Saviour : variation III / Anonymous, 15th century (Ancient-English Christmas carols) -- The three kings : variation IV / Anonymous, 15th century (Ancient-English Christmas carols) -- In the bleak mid-winter : variation V / Christine Rossetti -- Noel! : variation VI finale / various sources. - Subjects
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Christmas music -
Carols, English -
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied -
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 8 parts), Unaccompanied -
Variations (Chorus) -
193211--193305 - Creator note
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[Benjamin Britten]. - Notes
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Proof copy with annotations and corrections in the hand of the composer in red and black ink. -
Variations on a carol for unacc. chorus (SSAATTBB); some movements include unison boys' choir. -
Includes piano reduction for rehearsal only. -
Caption title. -
At end: Nov. 1932-May 1933. -
Statement of responsibility from composer's signature on caption. -
Engraved plates. -
Each leaf of score includes blue stamp impression made by printer: First proof from / Henderson / & Spalding. -
Considerable moisture staining, with some loss of printed area on various pages, professionally treated and restored. -
Mounted in outer blue binder (38 cm.) with black spine; score housed in separate blue board wrapper (35 cm.) with leaves unbound. On spine of outer binder: A / boy / was / born // Britten // proof. - Preferred citation
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Juilliard Manuscript Collection, Lila Acheson Wallace Library, The Juilliard School. - Acquisition
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Gift; Bruce Kovner; 2006. - Ownership
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Purchased at auction at Sotheby's London on Dec. 7, 2001, Lot 33. - Access Condition
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Restricted access; Apply; Library Director. - Juilcat bibliographic record
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http://library.juilliard.edu/record=b1130277 - Referenced by
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Mitchell, D. Benjamin Britten : a commentary on his works by a group of specialists, -
Banks, P. Benjamin Britten : a catalogue of the published works, -
RISM series A/II, - Electronic resource
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http://www.juilliardmanuscriptcollection.org/composers.php#/hires/BRIT/BRIT_BOYB
Last Updated: 07-07-2010