Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
Ballad of Heroes (1939)
for tenor (or soprano) solo, choir and orchestra
- General information
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Composition date:
1939 - 1939
- Duration: 15 mn
- Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
- Opus: 14
- Dedication: 'To Montagu and Enid Slater'
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Libretto (details, author):
Randall Swingler et W. H. Auden
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Composition date:
1939 - 1939
- Type
- Vocal music and instrument(s) [1 unspecified voice, choir(s) and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 1 solo soprano [ou ténor solo]
- mixed choir
- 3 flutes [ou 2] , 3 oboes [ou 2] , 3 clarinets [ou 2] , 3 bassoons [ou 2] , 4 horns, 5 trumpets [dont 3 hors de l'orchestre] , 3 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 percussionists, 1 harp, 1 timpani, 1 drum [hors de l'orchestre] , strings
Premiere information
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Date:
5 April 1939
Location:Londres, Queen's Hall, Festival of 'Music for the people'
Performers:Constant Lambert, direction.
Table of contents
- Funeral March
- Scherzo (Danse of Death)
- Recitative and Choral
- Epilogue (Funeral March)