939BTC988988BBM/BTCdarktowerThe dark towerRadio score1Incidental musicDec 19451147Tpt in C - perc (bell in E flat, trgl, t-t, susp cymb, sd, bd, gong, timp) - str95.0

Music only: 20

The text of the play is by Louis MacNeice (1907-1963). MacNeice dedicated the published text to Britten.

001945Dec 1945114719401945120000000710285938BTC987987BBM/BTCsweeterPurcell: Sweeter than roses, Z 585/1 [HP six songs/6]For high or medium voice and piano1Purcell realizationpre 23 Nov 19451146Richard Norton3.0

From Orpheus Britannicus.

001945pre 23 Nov 1945940BTC989989BBM/BTCyoungpersonsThe young person's guide to the orchestraVariations and fugue on a theme of Henry Purcell, for speaker and orchestra, or orchestra aloneop. 34341Orchestral31 Dec 19451148Picc, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl in B flat and A, 2 bn - 4 hn, 2 tpt in C, 3 trbn, tuba - timp, 3 perc (bd, cymb, tamb, trgl, sd, Chinese block, xyl, castanets, gong, whip) - harp - strOptional text by Eric Crozier (1914-1994)17.0'This work is affectionately inscribed to the children of John and Jean Maud: Humphrey, Pamela, Caroline and Virginia, for their edification and entertainment'

The music was originally composed for a film, Instruments of the orchestra made by the Crown Film Unit for the Ministry of Education, produced by Alexander Shaw (b. 1910), directed by Muir Mathieson (1911-1975), with a script by Montagu Slater (1902-1956). The film featured the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent and was first screened on 29 November 1946 at the Empire Theatre, Leicester Square.

As a concert work, the piece may be performed with or without the commentary. The theme is the Rondeau from Purcell's Abdelazer, or the Moor's revenge, Z 570/2.

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