At the Aix-en-Provence Festival in July 1952, Benjamin Britten had attended the premiere of La guirlande de Campra, a collaborative work by seven French composers, and this gave him the idea of inviting several English composers to join him in each writing a variation on a theme from the time of the first Queen Elizabeth to honour her modern-day successor.
| Date of composition | 1953 |
| Type | Variations |
| Catalogue | BTC 1043 |
| Approx. duration | 2 minutes |
| Instruments | String Orchestra |
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