Johnny
Song Title | Johnny (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh) |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Away; Balls; Bands; Birds; Blue; Cabarets; Dancing; Diamonds; Dreaming; Eiffel Tower; Ended Relationships; Evening; Eyes; Flowering; Forgetting; Frowning; Gardens; Gold; Gowns; Grass; Green; Handsome; Heartbreak; Hearts; Heaven; John; Johnny (Johnnie); Love; Loving; Marrying; Memories; Moon; Music; Night; Opera; Pearls; Proud; Remembering; Rivers; Sadness; Seas; Silver; Smiles; Songs; Squeezing; Stars; Summer; Sun; Tambourines; Thunder; Valleys; Walking; Waltzes; Whispering; Wonderful |
First Line | O the valley in the summer when I and my John (Search) |
Average Duration | 4:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1937 (Search) |
Larger Work | Cabaret Songs (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3lQRu8C90J0xuXSxF0rsIw |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Cabaret Songs, no. 3 (Search) |
Range: | F3 - C6 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Hedli Anderson (Written for, not dedicated to) (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Britten-Benjamin-Cabaret-Songs-for-Medium-Voice-Piano/616916 (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |