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Fish in the unruffled lakes : six settings of W. H. Auden for high voice and piano

Title: Fish in the unruffled lakes : six settings of W. H. Auden for high voice and piano / Benjamin Britten ; edited by Colin Matthews.
Author: Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976.
Publication: London : Boosey & Hawkes, [1997], ©1997.

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Description

1 score (11 unnumbered pages, 29 pages); 31 cm

Uniform Title

Songs. Selections

Alternative Title

Songs.

Subjects

Note

Settings of poems from W. H. Auden's collection "Look, stranger" (or, "On this island") not used in Britten's song cycle "On this island, op. 11."
Includes introductory notes by Philip Reed, editorial notes by Colin Matthews; song texts printed after editorial notes.

Language (note)

English words by W. H. Auden.

Contents

To lie flat on the back (c.2'30") -- Night covers up the rigid land (c.2'30") -- The sun shines down (c.2'00") -- Fish in the unruffled lakes (newly edited version) (c.1'45") -- What's in your mind? (c.1'45") -- Underneath the abject willow (c.1'30").

LCCN

M060102677

OCLC

ocm39048174

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries