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Funeral Blues", or "Stop all the clocks", is a poem by W. H. Auden which first appeared in the 1936 play The Ascent of F6. Auden substantially rewrote the poem several years later as a cabaret song for the singer Hedli Anderson. Both versions were set to music by the composer Benjamin Britten.
Wystan Hugh Auden (/ ˈ w ɪ s t ən ˈ h juː ˈ ɔː d ən /; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973 [1]) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content.
Auden's "Funeral Blues" (also known as "Stop all the clocks", later to become famous through its use in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral) was originally written for Anderson and set to music by Britten as part of Auden and Isherwood's play The Ascent of F6 (1936), then revised by Auden as a separate poem.
Pages in category "W. H. Auden" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Pages in category "Poetry by W. H. Auden" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. About the House;
The Old Man's Road (New York, 1956; pamphlet with poems, all included in Homage to Clio). W. H. Auden: A Selection by the Author (Harmondsworth, 1958; New York, 1959, as Selected Poetry of W. H. Auden) (includes some new revisions to previously published poems) Homage to Clio (New York, London, 1960; poems) (dedicated to E. R. and A. E. Dodds).
"Stop All the Clocks" for middle voice and piano, Four songs on poems by W. H. Auden, 1998 Stop All the Clocks; The Composer; Their Lonely Betters; Refugee Blues; Poems used by kind permission of Curtis Brown Ltd., London, on behalf of the Estate of W. H. Auden, the copyright holders.
Pages in category "Plays by W. H. Auden" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. The Ascent of F6; D.