A Birthday Hansel (1975)

Song cycle for high voice and harp

by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

general information

composition date
1975
duration
17min
publisher
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas , 50537 6
Opus
92
Commission
'Written at the special wish of Her Majesty the Queen for her mother's 75th birthday, 4 August 1975'
Libretto (details, author)

Robert Burns

type

Vocal music and instrument(s) (Voice(s) and/or choir(s) and plucked strings)

detailed formation

Soloist
solo tenor [ou soprano]

harp

information about the creation

date
January 9, 1976
location

Allemagne, Schloss Elmau

interpreters

Peter Pears et Osian Ellis.

similar works

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

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