Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC897 PARTITA FOR ORCHESTRA (unfinished)

For piano, strings and timpani
Composition date: ca. Jul 1941
Date notes

Some of the expanded sketches for this work share pages with Hymn to St Cecilia, op. 27, which was begun ca. July 1941.

Genre: Orchestral

Notes

Four separate movements exist in sketch form only: Catch, tarantella, overture, and fugue. The 'Overture' and 'Fugue' movements were expanded into more material in a subsequent sketch but remain incomplete.

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