Poet: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Source: Michelangleo Sonnets
Date of Composition: 1940 (Apr. 5)
Publication: Boosey & Hawkes, 1943*
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: If you look upon love with grief, you will reap pain
Range: C4 – A5
Tessitura: G#4 – E5
Tempo: Giusto; 4/4
Duration: 01:53
Vocal Characteristics: Grace notes; syncopation; short phrases; a few phrases that ascend and end at the top of the range
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Some passages in unison with the voice; descending eighth note octaves; grace notes with the vocal line
Additional Comments: Imitative Italian style; front matter indicates “Set to music for tenor voice and piano;” *Boosey score contains translations by Pears and Elizabeth Mayer