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