![]() In the play, the poem was put to music by the composer Benjamin Britten and read as a blues work. It was written as a satiric poem of mourning for a political leader. The poem was five stanzas long when it first appeared in the 1936 verse play The Ascent of F6, written by Auden and Christopher Isherwood. It has since been cited as one of the most popular modern poems in the United Kingdom. ![]() The poem experienced renewed popularity after being read in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), which also led to increased attention on Auden's other work. The second version was first published in 1938 and was titled "Funeral Blues" in Auden's 1940 Another Time. Both versions were set to music by the composer Benjamin Britten. Auden substantially rewrote the poem several years later as a cabaret song for the singer Hedli Anderson. Auden which first appeared in the 1936 play The Ascent of F6. " Funeral Blues", or " Stop all the clocks", is a poem by W. ![]() For the studio album by Mark Lanegan, see Blues Funeral. ![]()
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