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BTC5 THE ROYAL FALILY

For voice(s) and piano
Composition date: Spring 1920
Date notes

Humphrey Carpenter suggests Spring 1920 is the most likely date of composition: Britten's Aunt Florence, headmistress of a girls' school in Barbados, met the Prince of Wales during a Royal visit to the island in March 1920. See Carpenter, Benjamin Britten (London: Faber and Faber, 1991), p.7.

Genre: Incidental music
Text: Benjamin Britten

Notes

This musical 'work' is simply a short extract included in Britten's play of the same name.

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