| Composition Year | 1909 |
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| Genre Categories | Songs; For voice, piano; For voices with keyboard; |
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| Work Title | A Child Asleep |
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| Alternative. Title | |
| Composer | Elgar, Edward |
| Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. 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. |