The False Knight upon the Road
| Song Title | The False Knight upon the Road (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten (arr.) |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Traditional |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Begging; Bells; Boats; Bread; Cheese; Children; Conversations; Crumbs; False; Folk Song; Giving; God; Hands; Harps; Hearing; Hell; Journeys; Knights; Learning; Ringing; Roads; Sand; Schools; Seas; Staffs; Traveling; Two Speakers; Wishing; Word of God; Words |
| First Line | The knight met the child in the road (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1976 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16701 |
| Larger Work | Eight Folksong Arrangements (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/8-Folksong-Arrangements-High-Voice-Harp/617447 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/23oyBC44N68Bqh0IKx8tIT?si=JU7R12iOSvKZCnRapvER2A |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Eight Folksong Arrangements, no. 7 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | B3 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Peter Pears, tenor; Osian Ellis, harp; November 10, 1977 (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in medium key. Originally for voice and harp, but arranged for voice and piano by Colin Matthews (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Voice and harp (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |