Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8, is an orchestral song-cycle by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1936. Its text, assembled and partly written by W. H. Auden, with a pacifist slant, puzzled audiences at the premiere, and the work has never achieved the popularity of the composer's later orchestral song-cycles, Les Illuminations, the Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings and the Nocturne.
| Date of composition | 1936 (13 May - 23 July 1936; revised in 1961) |
| Premiered | 1936, September 25th (St Andrew's Hall, Norwich, Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Music Festival) in Norwich, United Kingdom by Benjamin Britten |
| Dedicated to | 'Dedicated to Ralph Hawkes Esq.' |
| Type | Song(s) |
| Catalogue | BTC 807 |
| Approx. duration | 27 minutes |
| Instruments |
Voice
Orchestra |
| Autotranslations beta |
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