Rienzi the German Empire and making it great once more." The original performance version of "Rienzi" was lost in the Dresden bombing of 1945, and the manuscript (on which it had been based) was lost in Berlin in 1945. No full copies had been made of either version, as far as is known. However, "Rienzi" was never established by the composer into a finalized version, so all performances of it since 1945 have been reconstructions. A vocal score of the early 1840s, based on Wagner's draft, remains as the only existing primary source. Two surviving full scores made in Dresden in
The Building of the House opening of the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London which took place earlier the same year. The Building of the House The Building of the House, op. 79 is an "overture with or without chorus" by Benjamin Britten written in 1967. The overture is notable for the use of Asian-influenced heterophony. The optional text is taken from Psalm 127, adapted by Imogen Holst from "The Whole Book of Psalms (set in English)". It is set using the chorale melody Vater unser im Himmelreich. The piece was written for the inauguration of the Snape Maltings concert hall, which took place in June