Britten, Benjamin. (1913–76) & Pears, Peter. (1910–1986) Saint Nicolas. A Cantata. [Op. 42] - SIGNED SCOREVocal score. 8vo. 33pp. [PN] 16343. Bound in brown cloth boards, scattered foxing, overall fine. Signed in ink on the title page by Britten and Pears. Originally written for the centenary of Peter Pears old school Lancing College in 1948, Brittens 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