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1934-5 Original BRITTEN Piano HOLIDAY TALES Score 1ST EDITION Sheet Music BOOK

$ 39.6

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  • Genre: Classical, Opera & Ballet
  • Industry: Music
  • Condition: Very good condition. ( Please look at scan for actual AS IS images )
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom

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    DESCRIPTION
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    Up for auction is what seems to be the FIRST PRINTED EDITION of BENJAMIN BRITTEN piece , Suite of four pieces for PIANO , Namely “HOLIDAY TALES” ( Also known as HOLIDAY DIARY Op.5 and NEW STUDIES ). Published 1935 ( dated ) by Winthrop Rogers Edition London ( H.14165 ).Lithographic illustrated SC.
    12 x 9". 24 pp excluding the front illustrated page . Very good condition.
    ( Please look at scan for actual AS IS images )
    Will be sent in a special protective rigid sealed packaging.
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    This SHEET MUSIC is an ORIGINAL 1935 ( dated ) .
    NOT a reproduction or a reprint  , It holds a life long GUARANTEE for its AUTHENTICITY and ORIGINALITY.
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    Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten, OM, CH (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera
    Peter Grimes
    (1945), the
    War Requiem
    (1962) and the orchestral showpiece
    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
    (1945). Born in Suffolk, the son of a dentist, Britten showed talent from an early age. He studied at the Royal College of Music in London and privately with the composer Frank Bridge. Britten first came to public attention with the
    a cappella
    choral work
    A Boy Was Born
    in 1934. With the premiere of
    Peter Grimes
    in 1945, he leapt to international fame. Over the next 28 years, he wrote 14 more operas, establishing himself as one of the leading 20th-century composers in the genre. In addition to large-scale operas for Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden, he wrote "chamber operas" for small forces, suitable for performance in venues of modest size. Among the best known of these is
    The Turn of the Screw
    (1954). Recurring themes in the operas are the struggle of an outsider against a hostile society, and the corruption of innocence. Britten's other works range from orchestral to choral, solo vocal, chamber and instrumental as well as film music. He took a great interest in writing music for children and amateur performers, including the opera
    Noye's Fludde
    , a
    Missa Brevis
    , and the song collection
    Friday Afternoons
    . He often composed with particular performers in mind. His most frequent and important muse was his personal and professional partner, the tenor Peter Pears; others included Janet Baker, Dennis Brain, Julian Bream, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Mstislav Rostropovich. Britten was a celebrated pianist and conductor, performing many of his own works in concert and on record. He also performed and recorded works by others, such as Bach's
    Brandenburg concertos
    , Mozart symphonies, and song cycles by Schubert and Schumann. Together with Pears and the librettist and producer Eric Crozier, Britten founded the annual Aldeburgh Festival in 1948, and he was responsible for the creation of Snape Maltings concert hall in 1967. In his last year, he was the first composer to be given a life peerage.
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    HOLIDAY DIARY
    Suite for piano
    ,
    op. 5
    Subtitle:
    Suite for piano
    Other titles:
    ''New studies'' (first performance title) ''Holiday tales'' (original published title)
    Period of composition:
    1 Sep - 14 Oct 1934
    Date notes
    First performance:
    30 Nov 1934
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    Genre:
    Solo piano
    Duration:
    16.0'
    Dedication:
    'To Arthur Benjamin'
    Notes The first performance was given under the title
    New studies
    , with the second movement called 'Yachting' (this is the title in the fair copy; it was also the original title in the draft, but was subsequently changed to 'Sailing'). The work was first published as
    Holiday tales
    and the current title adopted in a later issue. Movements 1. Early morning bathe 2. Sailing
    3. Funfair
    4. Night     ebay2087