727BTC723723BBM/two_pieces_22TWO PIECESFor violin and piano1Solo instrumental29 Jun 193182730 Jun 1931828'For Remo Lauricella'

Remo Lauricella (1912-2003), English violinist and composer, and fellow-student of Britten's at the Royal College of Music

Published in 2010 by EBB Music Publishing.

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The Moon

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Based on 'The Moon' by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Britten had set the text of this poem earlier: see The waning moon (Jun 1928).

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Morganne Aaberg (violin) and Doug Lima (piano)

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Going down hill on a bicycle

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Based on Going downhill on a bicycle by Henry Charles Beeching. With feet lifted (unfinished) (ca. Jan 1931) was also based on this poem.

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Morganne Aaberg (violin) and Doug Lima (piano)

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Two pieces

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Based on 'The Moon' by Percy Bysshe Shelley and 'Going down hill on a bicycle' by Henry Charles Beeching. Written for 'Remo Lauricella'.

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Holographs

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Fair copy

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Fair copy with dates, signatures and some annotations.

1 manuscript; 6 pages [1r-6r]

Pencil; 26.3 x 35.5 cm. Paper manufacturer = A L. See Title Page of Collected Volume.

' Written for Remo Lauricella / TWO PIECES / for / Violin & Pianoforte / [signature] / 1 The Moon (after P.B.Shelley) / 2 Going down Hill on a Bicycle (after H.C.Beeching)'.

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Instrumental part

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Violin part with signatures. Britten has pasted a revised section over the bottom four lines of page 1v.

1 manuscript; 2 pages [1r-2r]

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

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Subsequently arranged for voice and orchestra (see 'Related works').

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Britten set this work as a madrigal during an exam at the Royal College of Music, describing it in his diary as 'v. weak'. The text is the same as that in Fancie (May 1961).

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