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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 Context triple: [Benjamin Britten, notableWork, Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31]
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Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 is a lyrical and warmly expressive string orchestra work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1880, celebrated for its graceful melodies and classical elegance.
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B.
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 is a lyrical and warmly melodic string serenade by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, celebrated for its Romantic charm and graceful orchestration.
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C.
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor, Op. 44
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor, Op. 44 is a chamber work by Antonín Dvořák for wind ensemble, cello, and double bass, admired for its lyrical melodies and rich Romantic harmonies.
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D.
Serenade after Plato's Symposium
Serenade after Plato's Symposium is a five-movement violin concerto-like work by Leonard Bernstein inspired by Plato’s philosophical dialogue "Symposium."
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E.
Serenade to Music
Serenade to Music is a lyrical orchestral and vocal work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its rich harmonies and setting of text from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 Target entity description: 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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A.
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48 is a lyrical and warmly expressive string orchestra work composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1880, celebrated for its graceful melodies and classical elegance.
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B.
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22
Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22 is a lyrical and warmly melodic string serenade by Czech composer Antonín Dvořák, celebrated for its Romantic charm and graceful orchestration.
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C.
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor, Op. 44
Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor, Op. 44 is a chamber work by Antonín Dvořák for wind ensemble, cello, and double bass, admired for its lyrical melodies and rich Romantic harmonies.
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D.
Serenade after Plato's Symposium
Serenade after Plato's Symposium is a five-movement violin concerto-like work by Leonard Bernstein inspired by Plato’s philosophical dialogue "Symposium."
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E.
Serenade to Music
Serenade to Music is a lyrical orchestral and vocal work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, celebrated for its rich harmonies and setting of text from Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| 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
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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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