Kgg.3.26
War requiem : vocal score, op. 66 / Benjamin Britten ; words from the Missa pro Defunctis and the poems of Wilfred Owen.
London ; Paris ; Bonn [and other cities] : Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Limited, [1962]
1 score (179 p.) ; 31 cm.
At head of title: "Commissioned for the Festival to celebrate the Consecration of St. Michael's Cathedral, Coventry, May 1962".
From the collection of John and Myfanwy Piper. Book label on rear pastedown.
Ms. inscription by composer on t.p.: "Dear John & Myfanwy with much love from Ben + Peter [Pears]. Xmas 1962".
Piper, John, 1903 - 1992 former owner.
Piper, Myfanwy former owner.
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers publisher.
England London.
B39882