Poet: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Source: Michelangleo Sonnets
Date of Composition: 1940 (Mar. – Oct.)
Publication: Boosey & Hawkes, 1943*
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: With you I can do anything, without you nothing
Range: D4 – B5
Tessitura: B4 – G5
Tempo: Andante tranquillo; 6/4
Duration: 03:23
Vocal Characteristics: Four measure phrases that span a majority of the range within the phrase; sustained legato phrases; one phrase solely on G5; placid melody
Piano Difficulty Level: Moderate
Accompaniment Characteristics: Solely chordal left hand; counter melody in the right hand; extended ledger lines
Additional Comments: Front matter indicates “Set to music for tenor voice and piano;” *Boosey score contains translations by Pears and Elizabeth Mayer