867BTC893893BBM/BTCmatinees musicalesMatinees musicalesSecond suite of five movements from Rossiniop. 24241OrchestralJun 194110492 fl (II=picc), 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, 2 bn - 4 hn (III, IV ''ad lib.''), 2 tpt in B flat, 2 trbn, bass trbn (or tuba), tuba (''ad lib''., to be used only in addition to the bass trbn) - timp, 2 perc (sd, td, bd, cymb, wb, trgl, tamb) - harp (or pf), cel (or pf) - str13.0'To Lincoln Kirstein'

Lincoln Edward Kirstein (1907-1996), American writer and impresario.

This suite was at the request of Lincoln Kirstein to form with Soirées musicales a ballet, Divertimento, for the American Ballet Company. This was produced in 1941 with choreography by Balanchine.

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1 March (Guillaume Tell'', Act I, Pas de six')

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2 Nocturne (Soirées musicales, no. 10, 'La Pesca')

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3 Waltz (Soirées musicales, no. 4, 'L'orgia')

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4 Pantomime (Soirées musicales, no. 2, 'Il rimproveso')

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5 Moto perpetuo (Gorgheggi e solfeggi)

500867/51049194019416000000070864513886701000Concert performance27 Jun 19411594Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro

American Ballet Company, Emanuel Balaban cond

01594194019416270000000708672866BTC892892BBM/BTCrockinghorse_missingThe Rocking-Horse Winner [missing]Radio score1Incidental musicmissingpre 6 Apr 19411048Male vv - fl, cl - perc (susp cymb) - harp(of the vocal numbers) W.H. Auden (1907-1973) and James Stern (1904-1993)

Incidental music written to accompany the short story of the same name by D.H Lawrence (1885-1930), adapted by Auden and Stern. The manuscript score is missing.

001941pre 6 Apr 1941868BTC894894BBM/BTCmazurkaMazurka ElegiacaFor two pianosop. 23, no. 2231DuetJun 19411050Jul 194110516.0'In memoriam I.J. Paderewski'

Ralph Hawkes wished to invite Britten to contribute a new work for solo piano to a planned memorial volume to Paderewski, entitled Homage to Paderewski. Unfortunately, the cable, which should have mentioned 'two piano pieces', was mistranscribed and referred instead to a 'two piano piece'. The error was not spotted and Britten's contribution, though acknowledged in the memorial volume, had to be published separately.

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