Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC824.1 FUNERAL BLUES

For voice and piano
Composition date: 17 Jun 1937
Genre: Solo vocal
With piano
Text: W.H. Auden (1907-1973)
Duration: 3'

Notes

Adapted from the 'Blues' section of The ascent of F6 (see 'Related works'). It was written for the singer Hedli Anderson and published as number 2 of Cabaret songs in 1980. The other cabaret songs are: 1 Tell me the truth about love (Jan 1938), 3 Johnny and 4 Calypso (May 1937).

Two other cabaret songs were written around the same time, with text by W.H. Auden and also for Hedli Anderson, but the scores have been lost. These are: Give up love and I'm a jam tart both from May 1937.

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