Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC893.2 BALLADS FROM PAUL BUNYAN

For voice and piano or guitar
Composition date: ca. spring 1974
Genre: Solo vocal
With piano

Or guitar

Text: W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
Duration: 10'

Notes

These ballads are from the ballad 'interludes' in Paul Bunyan, originally performed by the Narrator.

Numbers

  • 1 The cold wind blew >>
    notes:

    From the first ballad interlude in the opera's Prologue (no. 2a).

  • 2 The spring came and the summer and fall >>
    notes:

    From the first ballad interlude at the end of Act I, scene 1 (no. 10 a).

  • 3 So Helson smiled and Bunyan smiled >>
    notes:

    From the third ballad interlude at the end of Act II, scene 1 (no. 24).

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