Elegy
Benjamin Britten * Track #4 On Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings, Op. 31
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Elegy by Benjamin Britten
Release Date
Fri Oct 15 1943
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This setting of William Blake’s “The Sick Rose” uses semitones and tritones in the horn’s line to powerfully capture the sense of malaise from the Blake poem. The selection as a whole introduces an element of unease into the work, after the Pastoral and the Nocturne.
Elegy Lyrics
O Rose, thou art sick!
The invisible worm
That flies in the night
In the howling storm
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy
Elegy Q&A
Who wrote Elegy's ?
Elegy was written by Benjamin Britten & William Blake.
When did Benjamin Britten release Elegy?
Benjamin Britten released Elegy on Fri Oct 15 1943.