general information

composition date
1937
duration
12 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To Christopher Isherwood' (le numéro 3 porte aussi la dédicace 'For Kit Welford')
Opus
11
Libretto (details, author)

W. H. Auden, traduction en Français par Maurice Pourchet

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Soprano and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

piano

information about the creation

date
November 19, 1937

Londres, Broadcasting House Concert Hall

interpreters

Sophie Wyss et Benhamin Britten

Part titles

  1. Let the florid music praise!
  2. Now the leaves are falling fast
  3. Seascape
  4. Nocturne
  5. As it is, plenty

similar works

Same type
Created the same year
Composed the same year
Same detailed formation

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