Benjamin Britten original score to remain in Britain

Composer's draft of Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra has been bought by the British LibraryBenjamin Britten's complete draft score of one of his best known and most performed pieces - The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra - is to stay in the UK after the British Library announced it had come up with the money to buy it.Arts minister Ed Vaizey placed a temporary export bar on the manuscript earlier this month after it was sold at an auction last year to an overseas buyer. He then invited...

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