The Foggy, Foggy Dew

Song TitleThe Foggy, Foggy Dew (Search)
Composer(s):Benjamin Britten (arr.)
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features: Alone; Arms; Bachelors; Beds; Children; Crying; Dew; Dying; Fair; Fathers; Fog; Folk Song; Grieving; Heads; Holding; Lost Love; Maidens; Memories; Mourning; Night; One Octave or Less; Remembering; Sighing; Sleeping; Sons; Stories; Summer; Weavers; Weeping; Winter; Wooing; Wrong
First LineWhen I was a bachelor I lived all alone (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1945 - 1946 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16572
Larger WorkFolk Songs Volume 3: British Isles (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/complete-folksong-arrangements-sheet-music/7863141
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5SKfv6Q9rLJhLhHw0CMakl
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationFolk Songs vol. 3 no. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToJoan Cross (Search)
Premiered ByPeter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; September 27, 1945 (Search)
NotesAlso available in medium key (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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