Musicology Annotation << Back The Poetics of Benjamin Britten’s Vocal Cycles Anastasiya A. Vasilenko The article is devoted to the poetics of vocal cycles of English composer Benjamin Britten. The artist and a society, illusory and real, night and the motives of dreams interfaced to it are the most important constants of the vocal lyrics of musician. This paper discusses the various conceptual, dramatic, genre and style implementation of verbal text of cycles in music. Keywords: Britten, poetics, the artist, society, illusory, real, night, dream, vocal cycle. Contacts: E-mail: marchuki@yandex.ru Pp. 39-47.