Poet: Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973)
Source: Cabaret Songs
Date of Composition: 1939 (Summer)
Publication: Cabaret Songs; Faber Music 1980
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: Anxiously riding a train to meet my lover.
Range: Bb3 – B5
Tessitura: D4 – B4
Tempo: molto moderato, poco a poco accelerando; 2/4
Duration: 02:10
Vocal Characteristics: Wordy, syncopated melody; requires extreme range shifts within the phrase
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Syncopated with changing patterns and tempi
Additional Comments: Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC863