general information

composition date
1947
duration
7 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'The Canticle was written for the Dick Sheppard Memorial Concert on 1 November 1947'
Opus
40
Libretto (details, author)

Francis Quarles

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Solo voice and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor [ou soprano]

piano

information about the creation

date
November 1, 1947

Dick Sheppard Memorial Concert

interpreters

Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten


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