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BTC631.1 THE BIRDS

Song for medium voice and piano
Composition date: 21 Jun 1934
First performance: 13 Mar 1936 >>
Type of performance: Radio broadcast
Location: BBC National
Performance details:

Sophie Wyss sop, Benjamin Britten pf

Genre: Solo vocal
With piano
Text: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)
Duration: 2'
Dedication: 'For my mother'

Notes

A version for medium voice and piano of the earlier setting of the same text for soprano and strings from Jun-Aug 1929 (see 'Related works').

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