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BTC808 FUNERAL MARCH (unfinished)

For brass ensemble and timpani
Composition date: 24 Jul 1936
Genre: Chamber
Other
Performing forces:

The precise instrumentation is not clear, but includes a part for trombone solo

Notes

In late July 1936 Britten had been reading reports about the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and this attempted work is most likely the piece he mentions in his diary on 24 Jul 1936: 'I sketch a bit of a funeral march to those youthful Spanish martyrs'.

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