Poet: Percy B. Shelly (1792-1822)
Source: single song
Date of Composition: 1928 (Jun. 3)
Publication: manuscript; not available for performance
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderate
Subject: An ode to the moon.
Range: D4 – G5
Tessitura: F#4 – B4
Tempo: Allegro; 4/4
Duration: 00:35
Vocal Characteristics: Wordy, fast rhythms; difficult chromatic leaps in arpeggiation
Piano Difficulty Level: Moderate
Accompaniment Characteristics: Marked leggiero at beginning; very rhythmically challenging; separated sixteenth-note rhythms; highly chromatic; poly-rhythm between treble and bass clef
Additional Comments: Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC582