Britten Thematic Catalogue

BTC605 A SONG OF ENCHANTMENT

For voice and piano

Composition date: 1 Jan 1929

Revised: 7 Feb 1929; Summer 1968

First performance: 23 Jun 1969 >>

Type of performance: Concert performance

Location: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh, Aldeburgh Festival.

Performance details:

John Shirley-Quirk bar, Benjamin Britten pf. Part of complete performance of the collection Tit for tat.

Genre: Solo vocal

Text: Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Revised for publication on as no. 1 of Tit for tat (Faber music, 1969).

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