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Title

Songs and proverbs of William Blake

Subtitle / Other TitleFor baritone and piano

Published Opus NoOp. 74

Date6 Apr 1965

Date InformationDate is that of completion.

DescriptionTexts chosen by Peter Pears from the 'Songs of Experience', the 'Auguries of Innocence' and the 'Proverbs of Hell' by William Blake. The original title for the work was 'Songs and Sentences of William Blake'. Britten made an independent setting of 'A Poison Tree' thirty years earlier in 1935. The dedication reads 'For Dieter: the past and the future'.

Extent10 items

CopiesMaterial has been microfilmed and is available as follows:
Composition sketch: B2, frames 58 - 111

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