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wraps. Good and possibly unique. A 43-page 7-3/4" x 13-3/4" carbon copy typescript laid loosely into a makeshift folder consisting of a large piece of graph paper with the title THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO/W. H. AUDEN written in pencil in an unknown hand on the front cover. Not dated. Occasional minor ink corrections also in an unknown hand. There were two early typescripts for the poem, neither typed by Auden. One was double-spaced and the other single-spaced. This version is the latter which is the second of the two typescripts that Auden arranged to be prepared for Benjamin Britten, who he hoped would set the poem to music. Auden seems to have sent two copies to Britten to be sure that one got there during wartime. One is in the Britten-Pears library; this is the other. An interesting typescript differing from the published poem in a number of respects. Choral parts are assigned to the speeches by voice. In Part 3, "The Temptation of St. Joseph," the text for the chorus differs from the published…
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THE CHRISTMAS ORATORIO [FOR THE TIME BEING]: CARBON COPY OF A TYPED MANUSCRIPT WITH CHORAL SETTINGS
by AUDEN, W. H
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COLLECTION OF 8 SIGNED PRINTED CHRISTMAS GREETINGS PLUS ONE TYPED MANUSCRIPT POEM SIGNED
by MEREDITH, William
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Softcover. About Fine. Holiday greetings, all INSCRIBED and SIGNED by the poet, usually as "Bill," to another poet, usually in the form of a printed reproduction of the poet's holograph of a poem. The years 1958, 1959, 1961, and 1963-1967 are covered. In addition there is a two-page typed manuscript poem INSCRIBED to the same poet and her family and SIGNED in full by Meredith titled "Fables About Error," with an additional note by the poet identifying the poem.
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