722BTC720720BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17UNTITLED PIECE IN B FLAT MAJORFor voice and piano0Solo vocalunfinishedca. 8 Jun 1931820101931ca. 8 Jun 1931479722656479notation722_1-incipit.jpgimage/jpeg1100417220BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_170

Untitled piece in B flat major (unfinished)

100411ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesUntitled piece in B flat major (unfinished)For voice and pianoBBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17circa Jun 19311 item10041004BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17100517221BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/10

Holographs

100510ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesHolographsBBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/1circa Jun 19311 item10051005BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/1100617222BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/1/10

Composition draft

100610ms-sourcesManuscript SourcesComposition draftBBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/1/1circa Jun 1931

Draft situated on the top two system of the page, crossed out in pencil. Only two words of text are present, 'down away'.

1 page of 5 page manuscript [3v]

Pencil; 26.3 x 35.7 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L. Shares a volume with other sources. See Related Records.

10061006BBM/untitled_piece_in_bflat_major_17/1/182019301931681000000705003723BTC719719BBM/string_quartet_in_d_majorSTRING QUARTET IN D MAJORFor string quartet1

Feb-Mar 1974

Chamber8 May 19318212 Jun 1931822Feb-Mar 1974

For further details see individual movements.

19.0

The original slow movement (composed 15-18 May 1931) was discarded, although the draft survives in the archive (see Sources).

The work was given a private run-through by the Stratton Quartet on 16 March 1932. It was revised by the composer in 1974 as a first step towards returning to composition after his heart surgery the previous year. At Britten's request the Gabrieli String Quartet gave the work a run-through on 20 March 1974 in the Library at The Red House so that he could evaluate his revisions.

0019318 May - 2 Jun 193140721BTC721721BBM/i_spied_john_mouldy_in_his_cellarI SPIED JOHN MOULDY IN HIS CELLARFor soprano and piano0Solo vocalunfinishedca. Jun 1931819Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)101931ca. Jun 1931