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Price: $1850.00 |
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MINT CONDITION |
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Autographed 4 bar musical quotation of the woodwind theme of the 3rd movement of the composer’s 1940 symphonic work, “Sinfonia da Requiem”, with very happy memories of Boston: January 3rd, 1942 and signed in full. The piece is 5.25” x 6.5”. Britten’s “Sinfonia da Requiem” written at the age of 26 represents his first major orchestral work without a soloist. The piece was commissioned by the Japanese government to mark the 2600 Anniversary of the Japanese Empire. The piece was rejected, as the composer entitled each movement with a liturgical name, taken from a requiem mass. In the case of this musical quotation, the movement was entitled, Requiem Aeternam. Britten was given the opportunity to compose the piece by the British government. They did not tell him until the negotiations were complete for whom the work was to be written. Japan had yet to enter the Axis and was at War with China at the time. Britten was a pacifist and it is thought that the structure of the piece was a tip of the hat by a pacifist to World events. The work was premiered at Carnegie Hall with Sir John Barbirolli leading the New York Philharmonic in March of 1941. Britten led the Japanese premier in 1956. A superb example for display of an early Britten work!
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BENJAMIN BRITTEN - COMPOSER |
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Phone: 212-860-5541 * Fax: 917-677-8247
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