This Night
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn MatavaSong Title | This Night (Search) |
Composer(s): | Sir Arthur Bliss |
Author(s): | W.H. Davies |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Brooding; Crying; Darkness; Dead; Death; Grieving; Highgate Wood; Life; Loneliness; Lovers; Moods; Moon; Night; Owls; Pleading; Questioning; Shadows; Shivering; Skeletons; Stars; Why |
First Line | This night, as I sit here alone (Search) |
Year of composition | 1923 (Search) rev. 1972 |
Larger Work | Three songs (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
Range: | C4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | C minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Elizabeth Poston (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Nine songs for voice and piano; Novello, catalogue number 17 0309 09 (Search) |