How sweet the answer
Song Title | How sweet the answer (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Thomas Moore |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Answering; Birds; Breathing; Dear; Echoes; Echoing; Folk Song; Guitars; Hearing; Horns; Ireland; Irish; Lakes; Lawns; Light; Longing; Love; Lutes; Moonlight; Music; Nature; Night; One Octave or Less; Personification: Love; Repeating; Sighing; Sighs; Songs; Stars; Sweet; Waking; Wrens; Youth |
First Line | How sweet the answer Echo makes (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1957 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11519 |
Larger Work | Folk Songs Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/complete-folksong-arrangements-sheet-music/7863141 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3hXWFPVGnBV7oBTIZicXXf?si=TWXz1DRlTniGb1FUkCeCGg |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Folk Songs vol. 4 no. 3 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | F#4 - F#5 (Search) |
Original Key | B Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Anthony Gishford (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium key (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |