Poet: John Keats (1795-1821)
Source: Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings
Date of Composition: 1943 (Mar. – Apr.)
Publication: Boosey & Co., Ltd. 1943
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: The worries of life ruin your sleep.
Range: C4 – A5
Tessitura: A4 – F#5
Tempo: Adagio; 4/4
Duration: 03:25
Vocal Characteristics: Requires pitch and rhythmic independence; high-lying, floating phrases; octave leaps; sustained, long phrases; long, slow melisma
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Chromatically altered chords; multiple rhythmic devices within voices of hands;