Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...)

Documented writing accounts

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Identified recordings

Editorial perspective

Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) occupies position 1 in the identified A Night at the Opera programme. It opens this programme. The next work is Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. Read that placement alongside the album perspective: The album was recorded in England across six studios in 1975. Its track list places the extended The Prophet's Song beside much shorter pieces, and ends with Bohemian Rhapsody followed by God Save the Queen. Our editorial reading centres on that change of scale: a long work is one part of the programme, not the programme itself. Compare the documented authorship of You're My Best Friend with the neighbouring songs, and keep the duration of the 2011 recording separate from the original album's publication date.

The timing belongs to Death On Two Legs (Dedicated To...) - Remastered 2011, not to every performance of this work.

Sources and provenance

• A Night At The Opera (2011 Remaster) · catalog track listChecked: 2026-10-08