Poet: anon (15th century)
Source: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Date of Composition: 1943 (Mar. – Apr.)
Publication: Boosey & Co., Ltd. 1943
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: An evening death processional.
Range: F#4 – Ab5
Tessitura: G4 – G5
Tempo: Alla marcia grave; 4/4
Duration: 04:02
Vocal Characteristics: Repetitive, high-lying phrases; semi-tone motion in passaggio; ascending octave slurs; requires pitch and rhythmic independence
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Both hands in bass clef; octave quintuplets, eighths, quarters, triplets; multiple rhythmic devices; sixteenths against triplets; varying, and ever changing rhythms