Correspondence to Benjamin Britten from Aldeburgh Festival of Music and the Arts

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  • Reference
      GB 1111 BBA/ALDEBURGH_FESTIVAL_OF_MUSIC_AND_THE_ARTS/TO/1965_PROGRAMMES
  • Dates of Creation
      1965
  • Physical Description
      32 items

Scope and Content

This file contains programme notes and papers from the 1965 Aldeburgh Festival such as:

- Typescript copies of the programme for performances such as Monteverdi, Shostakovich's String Quartet No.8 and Orchestral Concerts

- A hand-drawn sketch of the orchestral arrangment at Blythburgh Church

- List of musicians in the English Chamber Orchestra for performances in Blythburgh

- A proposed programme for the Kodaly Choir

- Typescript copies of the drafts for the 1965 rehersal schedules and advanced programmes with handwritten annnoations

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