Come you not from Newcastle?
Song Title | Come you not from Newcastle? (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Traditional |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Bays; Bonny; Folk Song; Free; Horses; Leaving; Lovers; Loving; Newcastle; Questioning; Questions; Riding; Speeding; Together; True Love; Wondering |
First Line | Come you not from Newcastle (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1945 - 1946 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16900 |
Larger Work | Folk Songs Volume 3: British Isles (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified 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/6FNqSv7u7J8YbvdRUcZjwe |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Folk Songs vol. 3 no. 7 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Joan Cross (Search) |
Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Benjamin Britten, piano; February 21, 1946 (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium key (Search) |
Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |