Poet: Ben Johnson (1573-1637)
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 hymn to the lighting stars.
Range: Bb3 –Bb5
Tessitura: F4 – F5
Tempo: Presto e leggiero; 2/4
Duration: 02:17
Vocal Characteristics: Fast, jumpy, detached eighth-note melody; fast triplet runs throughout the range
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Quickly moving chords with rests between statements; staccato contrary motion thirds in both hands;