The Miller of Dee
| Song Title | The Miller of Dee (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Bachelors; Blithe; Bread; Burdens; Cans; Caring; Companions; Company; Contentment; Debts; Drinking; Earning; Eating; Eerie; Envy; Examples; Explaining; Fear; Folk Song; Glee; Gold; Hands; Happiness; Jolly; Larks; Legends; Life; Malice; Merry; Millers; Morning; Neighbors; Night; One Octave or Less; Parable; Reasons; Recounting; River Dee; Serving; Simplicity; Singing; Solitude; Songs; Stories; Work |
| First Line | There was a jolly miller once lived on the river Dee (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1945 - 1946 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16559 |
| Larger Work | Folk Songs Volume 3: British Isles (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (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/7xAru3nZRcepfytAIVUQpk |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Folk Songs vol. 3 no. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | E4 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Joan Cross (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; March 11, 1946 (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in medium key (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |