general information

composition date
1940
duration
15 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To Peter'
Opus
22
Libretto (details, author)

Michel-Ange : Sonnets XVI, XXXI, XXX, LV, XXXVIII, XXXII et XXIV

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor

piano

information about the creation

date
September 23, 1942

Londres, Wigmore Hall

interpreters

Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.


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