general information

composition date
1969
duration
19 min
editor
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee
'To Tertia Liebenthal'
Opus
84
Libretto (details, author)

‘Lyrics, Rhymes and Riddles by William Soutar’

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor

piano

information about the creation

date
May 4, 1971

Edinburgh, National Gallery of Scotland

interpreters

Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

Part titles

  1. A Riddle (The Earth)
  2. A Laddie's Sang
  3. Nightmare
  4. Black Day
  5. Bed-time
  6. Slaughter
  7. A Riddle (The Child You Were)
  8. The Larky Lad
  9. Who are These Children?
  10. Supper
  11. The Children
  12. The Auld Aik

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