These songs were written at the special wish of Her Majesty the Queen for her mother's seventy-fifth birthday, August 4th 1975. Its first public performance was given on the 9th January 1976, at Schloss Elmau in Germany by Osian Ellis and Peter Pears. The collection of pieces are intended for High Voice and Harp. The poems for which the music was written for are by Robert Burns.
A Birthday Hansel
| Instrument | Harp, High Voice, Sang |
| Genre (Fx Pop, Rock, Barn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Typ (fx Lärobok, samling m.m.) | Vokalverk |
| Niveau | Intermediär |
| Sidor | 30 |
| Media | Noter |
| Publisher/Producent | Faber Music |
| Bidragsgivare | Britten, Benjamin (Composer) Burns, Robert (Lyricist) Ellis, Osian (Editor) |
| Språk | Engelska |
| ISBN | 9780571505371 |