| LC control no. | no 97078961 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Billy Budd |
| Form of work | Operas |
| Beginning date | 1950 |
| Ending date | 1960 |
| Opus no. | op. 50 |
| Special note | Machine-derived authority record. |
| Found in | LCCN 85-755453: Britten, B. Billy Budd, 1985, c1977 Grove Music Online WWW site, Sept. 15, 2005 (op. 50, Billy Budd, opera, 4 acts, 1950-51; libretto: E.M. Forster and Crozier, after H. Melville; 1st perf.: London, Dec. 1, 1951; rev. version, opera, 2 acts, 1960; 1st perf.: BBC, Nov. 13, 1960; stage, London, Jan. 9, 1964) Grove music online, The new Grove dictionary of opera, November 15, 2013 (Billy Budd; Originally planned in two acts, it was first performed in a four-act version . . . In 1960 Britten produced a two-act version, in which the main change was the excision of the original Act 1 finale where Captain Vere appears to general acclaim and addresses the crew) <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article_works/grove/music/46435pg9#S46435.10> |
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