Benjamin Britten :: Our Hunting Fathers, op.8


 

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Britten, Benjamin
1913-1976
(b Lowestoft, 22 Nov 1913; d Aldeburgh, 4 Dec 1976). English
Our Hunting Fathers, op.8 <1936; rev 1961>
high voice
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Source of text: Text devised by W.H. Auden; individual song texts by Auden, T. Ravenscroft, and Anonymous. Language: English
Prologue
[A] Rats Away!
[B] Messalina
[C] Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge)
Epilogue and Funeral March





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Contents—Prologue; [A] Rats Away!; [B] Messalina; [C] Dance of Death (Hawking for the Partridge); Epilogue and Funeral March