Poet: Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973)
Source: Fish in the Unruffled Lakes
Date of Composition: 1941
Publication: Fish in the Unruffled Lakes
Voice Difficulty Level: Moderately Difficult
Subject: Lover do not be sad; instead take action.
Range: Ab3 – B5 (A3 – B5)
Tessitura: G4 – E5
Tempo: Vivace; 2/4
Duration: 01:38
Vocal Characteristics: Turning sixteenth motive that repeats but with pattern variation; octave leaps at conclusions of sections;
Piano Difficulty Level: Difficult
Accompaniment Characteristics: Heavily syncopated chordal patterns; octave grace note section; running sixteenth notes into an alternating hands sixteenth section
Additional Comments: Britten Thematic Catalog http://www.brittenproject.org/works/BTC886