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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instanceOf musical composition
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
song cycle
hasInstrumentationDetail solo horn without valves effect (natural harmonics)
hasKeyFeature natural horn calls in Prologue and Epilogue
hasTheme death
night
sleep
language English
movement Dirge
Elegy
Epilogue
Hymn
Nocturne NERFINISHED
Pastoral
Prologue
Sonnet
notablePerformer Dennis Brain NERFINISHED
Peter Pears NERFINISHED
numberOfMovements 8
opusNumber Op. 31
period 20th century
placeOfPremiere London NERFINISHED
Wigmore Hall NERFINISHED
premiereDate 1943-10-15
scoredFor horn
string orchestra NERFINISHED
tenor
style 20th-century classical music
subjectMatter nocturnal poetry
pastoral poetry
textAuthor Alfred, Lord Tennyson NERFINISHED
Ben Jonson NERFINISHED
Charles Cotton NERFINISHED
John Keats NERFINISHED
William Blake NERFINISHED
anonymous
yearComposed 1943

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Benjamin Britten notableWork Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31