Poet: N/A
Source: Eight Folksong Arrangements
Date of Composition: 1976 (Apr. – Jun.)
Publication: Eight Folksong Arrangements
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: Unrequited love. (Welsh)
Range: E4 – G5
Tessitura: F4 – Bb4
Tempo: Flowing; 3/4
Duration: 01:24
Vocal Characteristics: Simple legato melody; elegant, muted, octave leaps to upper register
Piano Difficulty Level: Moderate
Accompaniment Characteristics: Even sixteenths followed by triplet sixteenths in repeating pattern
Additional Comments: For harp and voice; transcribed for piano by Colin Matthews in Benjamin Britten: Complete Folksong Arrangements. *Words and melody from Ancient national airs of Gwent and Morgannwg (1844).
*From the Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC1176