Benjamin Britten
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Songs and Proverbs of William Blake is a song cycle composed by Benjamin Britten (191376) in 1965 for baritone voice and piano and published as his Op. 74. The published score states that the words
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The cycle is through-composed, without breaks, but divides into the following sections: # “Proverb 1” # “London” # “Proverb 2” # “The Chimney Sweeper” # “Proverb 3” # “A Poison Tree” # “Proverb 4” # “The Tyger” # “Proverb 5” # “The Fly” # “Proverb 6” # “Ah! Sun-flower” # “Proverb 7” # “Every Night and Every Morn” “Proverb 7” and “Every Night and Every Morn” are from Auguries of Innocence; the other proverbs are from Proverbs of Hell, and the other poems are from Songs of Experience.
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- Benjamin Britten