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Britten's ‘Nocturne’

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Imogen Holst
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Britten's Nocturne for tenor and small orchestra was written during August and September 1958 and was first performed at the Leeds Festival on October 16th, with Peter Pears singing the solo and Rudolph Schwarz conducting. The first London performance, conducted by the composer, was given on January 30th, 1959, at Friends' House, Euston Road, as a tribute to the memory of the late Erwin Stein.

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Research Article
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Tempo , Issue 50 , Winter 1959 , pp. 14 - 22
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1959

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References

page 14 note 1 Benjamin Britten. Ed. Mitchell, Donald and Keller, Hans, Rockliff, 1952.Google Scholar

page 14 note 2 Quoted by permission of the Oxford University Press from Henry Purcell, Essays on his Music. Ed. Imogen Holst. To be published in March, 1959.Google Scholar