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Nocturne
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn Matava
Song Title
Nocturne (
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Composer(s):
Benjamin Britten
Composer Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Author(s):
W. H. Auden (Wystan Hugh)
Author Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
America
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Awkward
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Beauty
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Beggars
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Best
;
Breaking
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Bulls
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Calm
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Capes
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Caressing
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Changing
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China
;
Coasts
;
Creeping
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Crooked
;
Crowds
;
Day
;
Daybreak
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Disdainful
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Dreams
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Earth
;
Engines
;
Entertaining
;
Extending
;
Fields
;
Fingers
;
Force
;
Friends
;
Gaining
;
Gamblers
;
Gentle
;
Grip
;
Healing
;
Holes
;
Horses
;
Hostile
;
Hours
;
Inclining
;
Islands
;
Just
;
Lining
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Losing
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Lovers
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Lying
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Morning
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Naked
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Night
;
Nocturne
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North America
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Oceans
;
Part of a Song Cycle
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Power
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Proud
;
Ragged
;
Resting
;
Revolting
;
Shadows
;
Sleep
;
Sleeping
;
Sliding
;
Slipping
;
South America
;
Splendid
;
Standing
;
Succubus
;
Surreal
;
Traction
;
Unjust
;
Unpursued
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Vagrants
;
Waking
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World
;
Yielding
First Line
Now thro' night's caressing grip (
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Average Duration
4:00 (
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Year of composition
1937 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/182
Larger Work
On This Island (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Modernism; Socialism (
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Original Language
English (
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Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/60RBvAL787cNH56fy2Yg2d
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/nocturne-13/
Catalog Designation
Op. 11 no. 4 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
C#4 - G#5 (
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Original Key
C# minor (
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Recommended Printed Source
https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-On-this-Island/5971
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