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Benjamin Britten

Friday Afternoons, op. 7

Op. 7 Composed 1935

Friday Afternoons is a collection of twelve song settings by Benjamin Britten, composed 1933–35 for the pupils of Clive House School, Prestatyn, Wales where his brother, Robert, was headmaster. Two of the songs, "Cuckoo" and "Old Abram Brown", were featured in the film Moonrise Kingdom. "A New Year Carol" was included in the soundtrack of the film Challengers.

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Movements

  1. Begone, Dull Care!
  2. A Tragic Story
  3. Cuckoo!
  4. “Ee‐oh!”
  5. A New Year Carol
  6. I Mun Be Married on Sunday
  7. There Was a Man of Newington
  8. Fishing song
  9. The Useful Plough
  10. Jazz‐Man
  11. There Was a Monkey
  12. Old Abram Brown

Elsewhere

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