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Title: Billy Budd (revised 2-Act version): 2-Act version by the composer
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Duration: 158'
Composition Date: 1951, rev.1960
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Instrumentation: opera
Description: Opera in two acts
Scoring:

Major roles: T,Bar,B; minor roles: 4T,7Bar,BBar,2B;
children's roles: 4Tr,boy speaker,boy actors; men's chorus
4(II,III,IV=picc).2.corA.3(II=Ebcl,bcl;III=bcl).asax.2.dbn-
4.4(III in D).3.1-timp(3).perc(6):xyl/glsp/tgl/wdbl/tamb/SD/TD/BD/
whip/cyms/2 gongs (small, medium)/4drums(on-stage)-harp-strings

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Territory: This work is available from Boosey & Hawkes for the world
Rental: Billy Budd (revised 2-Act version): 2-Act version by the composer
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