Britten Thematic Catalogue

Manuscript Sources

1. Canticle III 'Still falls the rain - The raids, 1940, night and dawn' - 3 items

   Title	Canticle III 'Still falls the rain - The raids, 1940, night and dawn'
   Subtitle	For tenor voice, horn and piano
   OpusNo	Op. 55
   RefNo	BBM/canticle_III
   Date	27 Nov 1954
   Description	The text is by Edith Sitwell. Dedicated 'To the memory of Noel Mewton-Wood'.
   Extent	3 items
   PhysicalDescription	Pencil, blue ink; 36.5 x 27 cm

   1. Text sources - 1 item

      Title	Text sources
      RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/1
      Date	1943
      Extent	1 item

      1. Annotated text source - 2 pages of 603-page book [513-514]

         Title	Annotated text source
         RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/1/1
         Date	1943
         Description	The text of 'Still falls the Rain' with several pencil annotations, presumably by Britten. In 'The Triumph of Life: Poems of Consolation for the English-Speaking World', edited and with an introduction by Horace Gregory (New York: The Viking Press, 1943).
         Extent	2 pages of 603-page book [513-514]

   2. Holographs - 1 item

      Title	Holographs
      RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/2
      Date	Nov 1954
      Description	'In memoriam Noel Mewton-Wood'.
      Extent	1 item

      1. Composition draft - 1 manuscript; 10 pages [1r-10v]

         Title	Composition draft
         RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/2/1
         Date	Nov 1954
         Description	'In memoriam Noel Mewton-Wood'.
         Extent	1 manuscript; 10 pages [1r-10v]
         PhysicalDescription	Blue ink, pencil; 36.5 x 27 cm.
         TitlePageOfCollectedVolume	Benujamin Britten/Canticle III in memoriam Noel Mewton-Wood "Still falls the rain"/Words by Dame Edith Sitwell.

   3. Non-holograph - 1 item

      Title	Non-holograph
      RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/3
      Date	Nov 1954
      Extent	1 item

      1. Editor's proof - 1 manuscript; 11 pages

         Title	Editor's proof
         Subtitle	Horn part
         RefNo	BBM/canticle_III/3/1
         Date	circa 1955
         Description	Printer's copy of the horn part with non-holograph annotations and corrections. Copyist: Imogen Holst.
         Extent	1 manuscript; 11 pages
         PhysicalDescription	Black ink, red ink, pencil, blue ballpoint, red ballpoint; 30.4 x 23.9 cm.