This piece was requested of Britten by Boyd Neel, whose string orchestra was playing at the Salzburg Festival in 1937. Britten responded with a tribute to Frank Bridge, his composition teacher, by taking a theme from Bridge’s Three Idylls for String Quartet and putting it through several variations....
Lyrics for this song have yet to be released
Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge was written by Benjamin Britten.
Benjamin Britten released Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge on Fri Aug 27 1937.
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