On a poet's lips I slept
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | On a poet's lips I slept (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Percy Bysshe Shelley |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Adept; Aerial; Art; Bees; Bliss; Blooms; Breathing; Creating; Creation; Creativity; Dawn; Dreaming; Dreams; Feeding; Finding; Forms; Gloom; Haunting; Heeding; Humankind; Illuming; Immortality; Ivy; Keeping; Kisses; Lakes; Lips; Living; Love; Mankind; Men; Mortal; Nocturne; Nurslings; Otherworldly; Part of a Song Cycle; Poetry; Poets; Real; Reflected; Reflecting; Seeking; Shapes; Sleep; Sleeping; Sonnet; Sounds; Sun; Thoughts; Visions; Watching; Wilderness; Yellow |
| First Line | On a poet's lips I slept (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1958 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/assemble_texts.html?SongCycleId=73 |
| Larger Work | Nocturne, op. 60 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1re5JtnFswTpUwmTaQ05At |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 60 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | C3 - G4 (Search) |
| Original Key | C Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Alma Mahler (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears (Search) |
| Notes | First performance October 16, 1958, Leeds Centenary Festival, BBC Symphony Orchstra conducted by Rudolf Schwartz (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-Nocturne/6788 (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | String orchestra with bassoon obbligato (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |