Britten: Collected Songs
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- Composer: Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)
- Instrumentation (this edition): Piano, High Voice
- Originally for: Piano, Voice, High Voice, Horn, Guitar, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor, Narrator, Soprano I, Soprano II
- Work Language: English
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- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 320
Description
63 songs, with extensive historical introductory notes. Includes all art songs originally composed for voice and piano published by Boosey & Hawkes. The content is the same for the High Voice and Medium/Low Voice volumes, with newly published transpositions as necessary.
Works:
- On this Island, Op. 11
- 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22
- A Charm of Lullabies, Op. 41
- The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35
- Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58
- 6 Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61
- Winter Words, Op. 52
- The Birds (1929)
- Fish in the Unruffled Lakes (1947)
- 3 Songs from "This Way to the Tomb" (1945)
- 3 Songs (Epilogue, Prologue, Song) from The Heart of the Matter (1956)
- Mother Comfort (1937)
- If it's ever Spring again
- The Children and Sir Nameless