Composition Year | 1909 |
---|---|
Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
Contents |
|
Work Title | A Child Asleep |
---|---|
Alternative. Title | |
Composer | Elgar, Edward |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IEE 110 |
Key | E-flat major |
Text Incipit | How he sleepeth! |
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. | 1909 |
First Publication. | 1910 |
Librettist | Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) |
Language | English |
Dedication | This simple song (for his mother's singing) is made to Anthony Goetz (Æ.I). "As an Aungel hevenlyche sche song." -Chaucer. |
Average DurationAvg. Duration | 3 minutes |
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period | Romantic |
Piece Style | Romantic |
Instrumentation | voice, piano |
External Links | Wikipedia article |
Extra Information | Anthony Goetz was the infant son of singer Muriel Foster. |