Gabrieli Consort & Players / Paul McCreesh ( DG 477 6605-6 ). Recording courtesy of Decca Music Group.

The text is Anon (English c. 1300).

29 Apr 1934

Annotated draft, with date and signature, starting on the fourth system of page 1r.

Pencil and black ink; 17.3 x 22.9 cm. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records.

Fair copy with date and signatures.

Black ink; 23.5 x 31 cm. Paper manufacturer = The B.F.Wood Music Co. See Title Page of Collected Volume.

' EBB / TWO CHORAL SONGS / NO I / A Hymn to the Virgin / words. anon / Set to Music for Chorus (S.A.T.B) & Semi Chorus (S.A.T.B) / by / [signature] / on July 9th 1930 / HOLT-NORFOLK / (LOWESTOFT-SUFFOLK)'.

Fair copy with signature, original composition date and place, 'HOLT on JULY 9th 1930'. Britten has added a comment at the bottom of page 1v in reference to the text: 'Words taken from "The Oxford Book of English Verse" '.

Black ink; 23.5 x 30.5 cm. Paper manufacturer's catalogue No. = RC1. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records and Title Page of Collected Volume.

'[signature] / TWO CHORAL SONGS / No I A HYMN TO THE VIRGIN (Anon) / CHORUS S.A.T.B - SEMI-CHORUS S.A.T.B / No II I SAW THREE SHIPS (Anon) / CHORUS S.A.T.B / Set to music by / E.BENJAMIN BRITTEN / 1st peformed St.John Church 1931?'.

Draft with signature and original composition date and place, 'Holt July 1930', under which Britten has added 'rewritten Prestatyn 1934'. A large section on page 1v-2r has been crossed out.

Black ink and pencil; 26.3 x 35.5 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L.

Fair copy with signature and original composition date and place, 'Holt July 9th 1930' followed by the revised date '(1934)'. There is a Boosey and Hawkes stamp on page 4r.

Black ink; 26.5 x 35.5 cm. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records.