She sleeps on soft, last breaths
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava| Song Title | She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Wilfred Owen |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afraid; Blood; Blooms; Boys; Breath; Crimson; Disturbed; Doom; Dreaming; Dreams; Falling; Footfalls; Gardens; Ghosts; Gloom; Golden; Grieving; Halls; Hecatombs; Last; Looming; Marveling; Mouths; Moving; Night; Nocturne; Pacing; Palaces; Palls; Part of a Song Cycle; Quiet; Red; Roaming; Rooms; Roses; Shades; Sleep; Sleeping; Soft; Stillness; Sweet; Tapestries; Terraces; Torn; Walls |
| First Line | She sleeps on soft, last breaths (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:30 (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 | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/42LKmC15kAJPMqspERSPYa |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 60 no. 6 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | A#2 - Ab4 (Search) |
| Original Key | D minor (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 English horn obbligato (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |