britten thematic catalogue jonathan manton britten-pears foundation
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Britten Thematic Catalogue
Jonathan Manton
Britten-Pears Foundation
Sketch material, composition drafts and fair copy score of Britten’s compositions between c. 1919 and 1976
Typescript and handwritten libretto material
Instrumental parts (holograph and non-holograph)
Copyists’ manuscripts
Interim material (proofs at various stages of the publishing process)
THE MATERIAL
Juvenilia (c. 1919-1932) approx. 800
Works with opus numbers (1932-1976) 95
Published works without opus numbers approx. 100
Arr. of folk songs and Purcell realizations approx. 120
Other arrangements/completions approx. 40
Unpublished mature works approx. 50
Incomplete works/unrealised projects approx. 50
TOTAL approx. 1225
BRITTEN’S WORKS (c. 1919 – 1976)
No OF WORKS PER YEAR: 1919-1931
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931
AN EARLY WORK
SOME EXAMPLES
•Fantasie improptu (ca. 1922)
•Untitled piece in A minor (ca. Nov 1924)
•Untitled piece (14 Jun 1928)
•Sagesse (4 Aug 1928)
