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: A supper blessing. (Scottish dialect)
Range: D#4 – Eb5
Tessitura: F#4 – A#4
Tempo: Slowly moving; 2/4
Duration: 01:16
Vocal Characteristics: Strophic; descending lines; no register extremes;
Piano Difficulty Level: Moderate
Accompaniment Characteristics: Rocking left hand with syncopated chords in the right hand;
Additional Comments: Short area of metric diversity; Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC1144