Vocal Music
Benjamin Britten composed Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo (op. 22) in 1940 during his sojourn in America. It's the first song cycle devoted to his partner Peter Pears. Britten had chosen Michelangelo sonnets number XVI, XXXI, ***, LV, XXXVIII, XXXII and XXIV. Perhaps it is no coincidence that six...