Britten Thematic Catalogue

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BTC904 THE GOLDEN VANITY (unfinished)

For voice and piano
Composition date: ca. 1941-42
Date notes

Written at some time during Britten's time in the USA. It was returned to the UK by Elizabeth Mayer during the 1980s.

Genre: Solo vocal
Text: Traditional

Notes

This unfinished setting has the same melody as in Britten's later The golden vanity, op. 78, but it is otherwise unrelated.

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