Avenging and bright
Song Title | Avenging and bright (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Thomas Moore |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Avenging; Battles; Betraying; Blades; Brave; Bright; Champions; Clouds; Dark; Death; Dwellings; Erin; Eyes; Fields; Fighting; Folk Song; Friendship; Gore; Harps; Hearts; Heroes; Home; Hopes; Ireland; Irish; Joy; Maidens; Monarchs; Murderers; Mute; Red; Revenge; Shores; Sleeping; Sons; Swearing; Swift; Swords; Tears; Tenderness; Tyrants; Vengeance; Victory; Vowing; Vows; Wars; Wounds |
First Line | Avenging and bright fall the swift sword of Erin (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1957 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16437 |
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/7l5Fg1iC9OFAPhohE4I2Wl?si=iA8Lc55cR8OG9Y2itRHanA |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Folk Songs vol. 4 no. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | D4 - F#5 (Search) |
Original Key | B minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Anthony Gishford (Search) |
Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; January 1958 (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium key (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |