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BTC940.1 LE ROI S'EN VA-T'EN CHASSE [ORCHESTRAL VERSION]

For baritone and orchestra
Composition date: ca. 1945-46
Genre: Folk song
With orchestra
Text: Traditional
Performing forces:

2 ob, 2 cl in B flat, 2 bn - 2 tpt in C - str (senza db)

Notes

One of five arrangements of the French folk songs that Britten made specifically for the baritone Martial Singher. It is in the same key as the high-voice original.

The five orchestral arrangements were originally performed in the following order:

1 Fileuse, 2 Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse, 3 La belle est au jardin d'amour, 4 Eho! Eho! and 5 Quand j'étais chez mon père.

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