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 ⓘ
song cycle ⓘ
catalogueNumber Op. 31 ⓘ
commissionedBy Edward Sackville-West ⓘ
composer Benjamin Britten ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
dedicatedTo Edward Sackville-West ⓘ
firstHornSoloist Dennis Brain ⓘ
firstTenorSoloist Peter Pears ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Pastoral ⓘ
Prologue ⓘ
Sonnet ⓘ
notablePerformer Dennis Brain ⓘ
Peter Pears ⓘ
numberOfMovements 8 ⓘ
opusNumber Op. 31 ⓘ
period 20th century ⓘ
placeOfPremiere London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Wigmore Hall ⓘ
premiereDate 1943-10-15 ⓘ
scoredFor horn ⓘ
string orchestra ⓘ
tenor ⓘ
style 20th-century classical music ⓘ
subjectMatter nocturnal poetry ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ
textAuthor Alfred, Lord Tennyson ⓘ
Ben Jonson ⓘ
Charles Cotton ⓘ
John Keats ⓘ
William Blake ⓘ
anonymous ⓘ
yearComposed 1943 ⓘ

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Benjamin Britten → notableWork → Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 ⓘ
Peter Pears → performedWork → Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings ⓘ
linked to: Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31