Research Catalog

Title

Our hunting fathers : op. 8 : symphonic cycle for voice and orchestra ; On this island : op. 11 : five songs ; A charm of lullabies : op. 41 : five songs / [Benjamin Britten].

Author

Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.

Publication

London, England : BBC Records, [1981], ℗1981.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Pears, Peter, 1910-1986
• Watts, Helen
• London Symphony Orchestra, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Description

1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono; 12 in.

Series Statement

• BBC artium
• Unique performances

Uniform Title

• Vocal music. Selections
• BBC artium.
• Unique performances.

Alternative Title

• Vocal music.
• Our hunting fathers.
• On this island.
• Charm of lullabies.

Subjects

• Songs (Low voice) with piano
• Song cycles
• Songs (High voice) with orchestra
• Songs (High voice) with piano
• Ravenscroft, Thomas, 1592?-1635? > Musical settings
• Auden, W. H (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973 > Musical settings

Note

• Words of the 1st work devised by W.H. Auden (words from Auden, T. Ravenscroft, and anonymous poets); words of the 2nd work by Auden; words of the 3rd work by various poets.
• Eds. recorded: Boosey & Hawkes.
• Texts printed on container.

Event (note)

• The 1st work recorded from a BBC Third Programme broadcast June 11, 1961; the 2nd work from a BBC broadcast from the Aldeburgh Festival June 18, 1969; the 3rd work from a BBC Third Programme broadcast Mar. 31, 1962.

LCCN

86750574

OCLC

• ocm14270748
• 14270748
• SCSB-5677058

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries