general information

composition date
1936
duration
27 min
editor
Boosey & Hawkes
Dedicatee
'Dedicated to Ralph Hawkes, Esq.'
Opus
8
Libretto (details, author)

W. H. Auden

type

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

detailed formation

Soloist
solo soprano

2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, alto saxophone, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, strings

information about the creation

date
September 25, 1936

Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival

interpreters

Sophie Wyss, London Philharmonic Orchestra, direction : Benjamin Britten

Part titles

  • Prologue
  • (A) Rats Away! (Anon.)
  • (B) Messalina (Anon.)
  • (C) Dance of Death (T. Ravenscroft)
  • Epilogue and Funeral March

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