Poet: Traditional
Source: Volume 2: France
Date of Composition: 1942 (Dec.)
Publication: Hawkes and Son, Ltd. 1946
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: Song at a spinning wheel
Range: F4 – F5
Tessitura: Bb3 – Db4
Tempo: Grave; 4/8
Duration: 03:19
Vocal Characteristics: Slow yet flowing phrases; one long phrase in each verse with no optimal breath; eighths and sixteenths
Piano Difficulty Level: Moderate
Accompaniment Characteristics: Begins plainly; becomes more complicated; quarters and halves become rocking sixteenths and eighths in interval
Additional Comments: Meter changes