Tell me the truth about love
| Song Title | Tell me the truth about love (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: | Absurd; Beds; Birds; Blackbirds; Boys; Cabarets; Chickens; Children; Comforting; Courteous; Creatures; Doors; Feelings; Five; Forgetting; Funny; Greetings; Ham; Humor; Knocking; Life; Llamas; Looking; Love; Loving; Men; Money; Morning; Noses; Pajamas; Patriotism; People; Questions; River Thames; Roses; Sharp; Singing; Smooth; Soft; Songs; Stories; Strings; Summer; Swings; Telling; Thirty; Truth; Vulgar; Wanting; Warnings; Weather; Wives; Wondering; World |
| First Line | Liebe l'amour amor amoris (Search) |
| Average Duration | 5:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1938 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Cabaret Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1EwR5qRxGjRHgr8N621Oh6 |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Cabaret Songs, no. 1 (Search) |
| Range: | A3 - A5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D 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) |