A Cradle Song
Song Title | A Cradle Song (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | William Blake |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Baby; Babe; Babies; Beauty; Beguiling; Bright; Charms; Cheeks; Children; Creeping; Cunning; Desires; Dreaming; Earth; Eyes; Faces; Falling Asleep; Harvest; Hearts; Heaven; Infants; Joy; Lightning; Lullaby; Night; Peace; Pretty; Secret; Simple; Singing; Sleep; Sleeping; Smiles; Soft; Songs; Sorrows; Sweet; Tracing; Weeping |
First Line | Sleep, sleep beauty bright (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1947 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=2696 |
Larger Work | Charm of Lullabies (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/charm-of-lullabies-op-41-for-mezzo-soprano-and-piano/oclc/255111 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5BoTL9YH1HSyNAD8t5dOXd?si=kdM1csCxTeawZnlNowEYlA |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 41 no. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Mezzo-soprano |
Range: | Bb3 - E5 (Search) |
Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
Premiered By | Nancy Evans, mezzo soprano & Felix de Nobel, piano; January 3, 1948 (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |