{"product_id":"14204-britten-benjamin-pears-peter-saint-nicolas-signed-score","title":"Britten, Benjamin. (1913–1976) \u0026 Pears, Peter. (1910–1986) \"Saint Nicolas\" - Signed Score","description":"Choral score to Britten's 1948 cantata \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSaint Nicolas\u003c\/i\u003e, signed in blue ink by the composer and by Peter Pears at the head of the first page of music. Small upright folio. 33 pp. B. \u0026amp; H. 16343. Spine reinforced with paper, wrappers and a few pages with small repairs to edges, bound with a later decorative cord. Overall in very good condition, contained in a custom blue cloth folder. \u003c\/span\u003eThe unique creative partnership between these two artists may be claimed to have been without parallel elsewhere in musical history.\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eOriginally written for the centenary of Peter Pears’ old school Lancing College in 1948, Britten’s cantata tells the life of the fourth-century Bishop of Myra in a work of great poetry and sensitivity. It was conceived and composed with semi-amateur performance in mind and the technical demands of the choral and orchestral writing are appropriately straightforward. The audience also gets to join in two well-known hymns, \u003cem style=\"\"\u003eAll people that on earth do dwell and God moves in a mysterious way\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093543276703,"sku":"14204","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Britten_Pears_Saint_Nicolas_Signed_14204a.jpg?v=1722188731","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14204-britten-benjamin-pears-peter-saint-nicolas-signed-score","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}