Johnny

Song TitleJohnny (Search)
Composer(s):Benjamin Britten
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh)
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (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 LineO the valley in the summer when I and my John (Search)
Average Duration4:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1937 (Search)
Larger WorkCabaret Songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3lQRu8C90J0xuXSxF0rsIw
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationCabaret Songs, no. 3 (Search)
Range: F3 - C6 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Dedicated ToHedli Anderson (Written for, not dedicated to) (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttp://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Britten-Benjamin-Cabaret-Songs-for-Medium-Voice-Piano/616916 (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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