Avenging and bright

Song TitleAvenging and bright (Search)
Composer(s):Benjamin Britten (arr.)
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (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 LineAvenging and bright fall the swift sword of Erin (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1957 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16437
Larger WorkFolk Songs Volume 4: Moore's Irish Melodies (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationFolk Songs vol. 4 no. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: D4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
Dedicated ToAnthony Gishford (Search)
Premiered ByPeter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; January 1958 (Search)
NotesAlso available in medium key (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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