general information

composition date
1952
duration
17 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'For Kalthleen Ferrier and Peter Pears'
Opus
51
Libretto (details, author)

tiré du Chester Miracle Play

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (2 solo voices or more and piano)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo contralto, solo tenor

piano

information about the creation

date
January 20, 1952

Nottingham

interpreters

Kalthleen Ferrier, Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

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

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