591BTC582582BBM/the_waning_moonTHE WANING MOONFor voice and piano1Solo vocal3 Jun 1928655Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Britten based a later piece for violin and piano on the same text. See the first of Two pieces (June 1931).

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The waning moon

220811ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesThe waning moonFor voice and pianoBBM/the_waning_moon3 Jun 1928

Text by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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Holographs

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Fair copy

221010ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesFair copyBBM/the_waning_moon/1/13 Jun 1928

Fair copy with date, title and signature.

1 manuscript; 1 page [1r]

Black ink; 26.1 x 35.6 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L.

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Fair copy

221110ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesFair copyBBM/the_waning_moon/1/23 Jun 1928

Fair copy with date, title and signature.

1 page of 14 page manuscript [11r-11v]

Black ink; 24.3 x 31.1 cm. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records and Title Page of Collected Volume.

'[contents listed] / [signature] / Dec 1927-June 1928'.

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Summer 1968

Solo vocal13 Jun 1928656Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Revised for publication as no. 3 of Tit for tat (Faber Music, 1969).

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