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Benjamin Britten

Nocturne, op. 60

Song cycle

Op. 60 Composed 1958 Vocal

Nocturne, Op. 60, is a song cycle by Benjamin Britten, written for tenor, seven obbligato instruments and strings. The seven instruments are flute, cor anglais, clarinet, bassoon, harp, French horn and timpani. Nocturne was Britten's fourth and final orchestral song cycle, after Our Hunting Fathers (Op. 8, 1936), Les Illuminations (Op. 18, 1939) and Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (Op. 31, 1943). It was dedicated to Alma Mahler.

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Movements

  1. On a poet's lips I slept
  2. Below the thunders of the upper deep
  3. Encinctured
  4. Midnight's bell
  5. But that night
  6. She sleeps
  7. What is more gentle
  8. When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see

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