Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC971 SWEET POLLY OLIVER (OLD ENGLISH TUNE) [FSA 3/3, BRITISH ISLES]

For high or medium voice and piano

Composition date: pre 26 Sep 1945

Genre: Folk song

Duration: 2'

Dedication: 'To Joan Cross'

Dedicatee of the published volume. Joan Cross (1900-1983), English operatic soprano, creator of the role of Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes, op. 33.

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