Commissioned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the work was completed in 1939, just after Britten's arrival in the United States. It carries as an epigraph the final lines of "Hyperion", an incomplete poem by John Keats but the work was inspired by Wulff Scherchen, a blond young German man who was Britten's first love interest.
| Date of composition | 1939 (23 July - 2 August 1939) |
| Premiered | 1939, August 27th by Benjamin Britten |
| Dedicated to | 'Dedicated to Alexander Chuhaldin' |
| Catalogue | BTC 866 |
| Approx. duration | 8 minutes |
| Instruments |
Piano
String Quartet String Orchestra |
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