Poet: Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973)
Source: Cabaret Songs
Date of Composition: 1937 (17 Jun.)
Publication: Cabaret Songs; Faber Music 1980
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: My love is dead.
Range: C4 – Ab5
Tessitura: C4 – F4
Tempo: no tempo indication; C
Duration: 01:39
Vocal Characteristics: Half-step motion; distinction between D and Db requires a good ear; One very high-lying phrase could make this piece moderately difficult
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Three staves at times; chordal throughout; quintuplet and sextuplet rhythms; chromaticism throughout
Additional Comments: Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC823.1