Poet: Charles Cotton (1603-1687)
Source: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Date of Composition: 1943 (Mar. – Apr.)
Publication: Boosey & Co., Ltd. 1943
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: A view of evening in the countryside.
Range: Db4 – Ab5
Tessitura: Ab4 – Gb5
Tempo: Lento; 3/8
Duration: 02:32
Vocal Characteristics: High-lying, legato phrases; ascending and descending phrases; a few staccato phrases;
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Syncopated, chordal accompaniment with mixed meter; continuous sixteenth note passages alternating between hands with chords and single notes; tremolo;