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BTC878 SEVEN SONNETS OF MICHELANGELO

For tenor and piano, op. 22
Period of composition: Mar - 30 Oct 1940
First performance: 23 Sep 1942 >>
Type of performance: Concert performance
Location: Wigmore Hall, London
Performance details:

Peter Pears ten, Benjamin Britten pf

Britten and Pears gave a number of private performances and made a private recording prior to this first performance which was delayed until the pair had returned to England.

Genre: Solo vocal
Text: Michelangelo Buonarroti (set in Italian)
Duration: 15'
Dedication: 'To Peter'

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