Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
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Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 is a 1943 song cycle by Benjamin Britten that sets English pastoral and nocturnal poetry for tenor soloist, solo horn, and string orchestra.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
musical composition
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song cycle ⓘ |
| catalogueNumber | Op. 31 ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Edward Sackville-West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Benjamin Britten NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Edward Sackville-West NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstHornSoloist | Dennis Brain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstTenorSoloist | Peter Pears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
classical music
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song cycle ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentationDetail | solo horn without valves effect (natural harmonics) ⓘ |
| hasKeyFeature | natural horn calls in Prologue and Epilogue ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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night ⓘ sleep ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| movement |
Dirge
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Elegy ⓘ Epilogue ⓘ Hymn ⓘ Nocturne NERFINISHED ⓘ Pastoral ⓘ Prologue ⓘ Sonnet ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Dennis Brain
NERFINISHED
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Peter Pears NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfMovements | 8 ⓘ |
| opusNumber | Op. 31 ⓘ |
| period | 20th century ⓘ |
| placeOfPremiere |
London
NERFINISHED
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Wigmore Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premiereDate | 1943-10-15 ⓘ |
| scoredFor |
horn
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string orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ tenor ⓘ |
| style | 20th-century classical music ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
nocturnal poetry
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pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| textAuthor |
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
NERFINISHED
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Ben Jonson NERFINISHED ⓘ Charles Cotton NERFINISHED ⓘ John Keats NERFINISHED ⓘ William Blake NERFINISHED ⓘ anonymous ⓘ |
| yearComposed | 1943 ⓘ |
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