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Five Flower Songs
Part songs by Benjamin Britten
Dartington Hall, where the part songs were first performed
Opus47
Textpoems
LanguageEnglish
Dedication25th wedding anniversary of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst
Performed23 July 1950 (1950-07-23):
Scoringfour-part choir (SATB)

Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs, Op. 47, is a set of five part songs to poems in English by four authors which mention flowers, composed for four voices (SATB) in 1950 as a gift for the 25th wedding anniversary of Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst. It was first performed in the open air at the couple's estate Dartington Hall, with Imogen Holst conducting a student choir. The set has been frequently recorded by English and foreign chamber choirs and ensembles, including Polyphony, Cambridge Singers and the RIAS Kammerchor.

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