A Charm of Lullabies
A Charm of Lullabies, Op.41 is a song cycle for mezzo-soprano with piano accompaniment by Benjamin Britten. It consists of five songs composed on poems by William Blake, Robert Burns, Robert Greene, Thomas Randolph and John Philip. It was written in 1947 for Nancy Evans, who gave the first performance with Felix de Nobel (piano) at a festival in The Hague 3 January 1948. The score was first published in 1949 by Boosey and Hawkes in London.
The performance of the cycle takes about 12 minutes and the diversity of the texts give the uniqueness of the piece. The variety of texts results in variety of music and questions the concept of 'lullaby'.
Sources
Britten, Benjamin (2004). Letters from a Life: The Selected Letters of Benjamin Britten, Volume III, 1946–1951. London: Faber and Faber. ISBN 057122282X. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
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