Britten Thematic Catalogue

Beta Version

BTC454 SONG

For voice and piano
Composition date: 12 Nov 1926
Genre: Solo vocal
Text: William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Notes

Related by text and musical material to Oh take those lips away (Ca. 1926). The first few bars of this work were also orchestrated in Untitled piece in B major (unfinished) (1926), although the orchestration may have been made after the composition of 'Oh take those lips away'.

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