Poet: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Source: Michelangleo Sonnets
Date of Composition: 1940 (Jun. 12)
Publication: Boosey & Hawkes, 1943*
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: If love is true can anger destroy it?
Range: F4 – F#5
Tessitura: B4 – E5
Tempo: Vivace; 4/4
Duration: 01:18
Vocal Characteristics: Wordy, fast melody; short phrases with quick breaths;
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Syncopated, fast sixteenth note chords;
Additional Comments: Manuscript indicates the tempo “con molto anima” with no numerical indication; manuscript has moderate note changes both rhythmic and melodic; *Boosey score contains translations by Pears and Elizabeth Mayer