Poet: Wiliam Pitt (d. 1840)
Source: Brown manuscript book
Date of Composition: 1924 (Aug.)
Publication: manuscript; not available for performance
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: Its better to be in the storm at sea than tied down at home
Range: Bb3 – G#5
Tessitura: D4 – D5
Tempo: not indicated; 6/8
Duration: 02:10
Vocal Characteristics: Fairly aggressive; requires range extension both high and low; fermata on G5; sustained Ab5; some chromatics; 8v leaps;
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Flourishing sixteenth-note scales to represent the storm; chromatic; some difficult rhythms
Additional Comments: Quite a few key changes and tempo shifts; Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC209