Winter Words (1953)

Lyrics and Ballads of Thomas Hardy, for high voice and piano

by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

general information

composition date
1953
duration
19min 30s
publisher
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'To John and Myfanwy Piper'
Opus
52

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor [ou soprano]

piano

information about the creation

date
October 8, 1953
location

Festival de Leeds, Harewook House

interpreters

Peter Pears et Benjamin Britten.

Part titles

  1. At day-close in November
  2. Midnight on the Great Western
  3. Wagtail and Baby
  4. The little old table
  5. The Choirmaster's Burial
  6. Proud Songsters
  7. At the Railway Station, Upway
  8. Before Life and After

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Created the same year
Composed the same year
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