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'''''Winter Words''''', [[Opus number|Op.]] 52, is a [[song cycle]] for [[tenor]] and [[piano]] by [[Benjamin Britten]]. Written in 1953, it sets eight poems by [[Thomas Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brittenpears.org/page.php?pageid=511|access-date=2 August 2013|publisher=Britten-Pears Foundation|title=Winter Words}}</ref> The cycle is named after Hardy's last published collection, but the poems are from different parts of |
'''''Winter Words''''', [[Opus number|Op.]] 52, is a [[song cycle]] for [[tenor]] and [[piano]] by [[Benjamin Britten]]. Written in 1953, it sets eight poems by [[Thomas Hardy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brittenpears.org/page.php?pageid=511|access-date=2 August 2013|publisher=Britten-Pears Foundation|title=Winter Words}}</ref> The cycle is named after Hardy's last published collection, but the poems are from different parts of his collected poems.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=Graham |title=Britten, Voice and Piano - Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten |year=2003 |publisher=Ashgate Publishing Limited |isbn=9780754638728 |pages=224–227}}</ref> |
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The cycle was premiered at the [[Leeds Festival]] in October 1953, with [[Peter Pears]] singing and Britten at the piano. It was dedicated to [[John Piper (artist)|John]] and [[Myfanwy Piper]] -- Myfanwy Piper was the librettist of Britten's opera [[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]], which was begun in 1953 and premiered the following year.<ref name=Allmusic>{{Allmusic |
The cycle was premiered at the [[Leeds Festival]] in October 1953, with [[Peter Pears]] singing and Britten at the piano. It was dedicated to [[John Piper (artist)|John]] and [[Myfanwy Piper]] -- Myfanwy Piper was the librettist of Britten's opera [[The Turn of the Screw (opera)|The Turn of the Screw]], which was begun in 1953 and premiered the following year.<ref name=Allmusic>{{Allmusic |
Revision as of 17:35, 20 April 2022
Winter Words, Op. 52, is a song cycle for tenor and piano by Benjamin Britten. Written in 1953, it sets eight poems by Thomas Hardy.[1] The cycle is named after Hardy's last published collection, but the poems are from different parts of his collected poems.[2]
The cycle was premiered at the Leeds Festival in October 1953, with Peter Pears singing and Britten at the piano. It was dedicated to John and Myfanwy Piper -- Myfanwy Piper was the librettist of Britten's opera The Turn of the Screw, which was begun in 1953 and premiered the following year.[3]
A performance takes about 22 minutes.[3] The poems are:[4]
- "At Day-Close in November"
- "Midnight on the Great Western" (or, "The Journeying Boy")
- "Wagtail and Baby (A Satire)"
- "The Little Old Table"
- "The Choirmaster's Burial" (or, "The Tenor Man's Story")
- "Proud Songsters (Thrushes, Finches and Nightingales)"
- "At the Railway Station, Upway" (or, "The Convict and Boy with the Violin")
- "Before Life and After"
References
- ^ "Winter Words". Britten-Pears Foundation. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ Johnson, Graham (2003). Britten, Voice and Piano - Lectures on the Vocal Music of Benjamin Britten. Ashgate Publishing Limited. pp. 224–227. ISBN 9780754638728.
- ^ a b Benjamin Britten: Winter Words, song cycle for tenor & piano, Op. 52 at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "Winter words: Song Cycle by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)". The LiederNet Archive. Retrieved 30 April 2015.