Poet: William Soutar (1898-1943)
Source: Who Are These Children?
Date of Composition: 1969 (Spring-Summer)
Publication: Faber Music, 1972
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: Its time for my children to go to bed. (Scottish dialect)
Range: Db4 – Gb5
Tessitura: F4 – C5
Tempo: Slowly moving; 4/4
Duration: 00:58
Vocal Characteristics: Two repeated phrases; leaps of 7ths followed by descending line in sequential statements;
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Doubles vocal line; seconds in both hands; rolled chords
Additional Comments: Meter changes; Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC1144