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ReferenceBBM/funeral_march

Title

Funeral march (unfinished)

Subtitle / Other TitleFor brass ensemble and timpani

Date24 Jul 1936

DescriptionIn late July 1936 Britten had been reading reports about the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War, and this attempted work is most likely the piece he mentions in his diary on 24 Jul 1936: 'I sketch a bit of a funeral march to those youthful Spanish martyrs'.

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CatalogueArchive

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