Poet: Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
Source: Tit for Tat
Date of Composition: 1928
Publication: Faber Music Limited © 1969
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: A nocturne
Range: B3 – F5
Tessitura: E4 – E5
Tempo: Slow and quiet; 2/4
Duration: 01:20
Vocal Characteristics: Wide range and tessitura, yet not disjunct; repeated F5 at p dynamic; alternating duple and triple rhythms
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Variety of motivic devices including chords, scalar passages, arpeggiated passages, and tremolo; seems to be its own character
Additional Comments: Alternates between two and three beats per measure