| Description | Correspondence concerning Ronald Duncan's memoir 'Working with Britten'. Primarily concerns the whereabouts of missing Benajmin Britten manuscripts, letters to publishers, notes on factual errors, editorial corrections, the use of Britten Estate copyright material and contractual issues with W. H. Allen. The missing manuscripts concern 'The Pacifist March', The waltz for the Punch Revue, 'Stratton', a folk song known as 'The Glow Worm', 'The Eagle has Two Heads', the Kyrie for his mass and 'The Rape of Lucretia'. Includes some passages from the draft typescript, photocopies of corrected proof pages, press cuttings on Britten's estate, a timeline and notes on Benjamin Britten's life, a photocopy of part of the score of 'The Rape of Lucretia', and photographic copies of Britten's Kyrie and the annotated front page of 'Peter Grimes'.
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