Gemini Variations (1965)

Twelve variations and fugue on an Epigram by Kodály, quartet for 2 or 4 performers

by Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

general information

composition date
1965
duration
15min
publisher
Faber Music, San Antonio, Texas
Dedicatee
'For Zoltán and Gábor Jeney'
Opus
73

type

Chamber music (Wind, keyboard and string quartet)

detailed formation

flute, violin, piano [4 mains]

information about the creation

date
June 19, 1965
location

Aldeburgh Festival

interpreters

Zoltán et Gabriel Jeney.

similar works

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

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