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Sunset
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel
Song Title
Sunset (
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Composer(s):
Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):
Walter Scott
Keyword(s) & Features:
Alas
;
Arabia
;
Balmy
;
Barren
;
Barrenness
;
Boards
;
Bowers
;
Bright
;
Broken
;
Change
;
Changes
;
Chords
;
Colors
;
Dyes
;
Eden
;
Ettrick
;
Evening
;
Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation
;
Exoticism
;
Eyes
;
Fanes (Temples)
;
Feet
;
Flames
;
Frustration
;
Harps
;
Hills
;
Holy
;
Hues
;
Hushes
;
Lakes
;
Landscapes
;
Listless
;
Lowering
;
Lying
;
Melancholy
;
Melrose Abbey
;
Metaphor: State of Mind Compared to Craft Materials
;
Minstrels
;
Moorlands
;
Moors
;
Music-making
;
Nationalism
;
Nostalgia
;
Once
;
Orientalism
;
Painters
;
Painting
;
Perception
;
Plains
;
Poor Materials
;
Questioning
;
Quiet
;
Rich
;
Rising
;
Ruins
;
Scotland
;
Shores
;
Silver
;
Sinking
;
Sleeping
;
Still
;
Stillness
;
Strained
;
Streams
;
Sun
;
Sunset
;
Sweet
;
Towers
;
Trees
;
Tuneless
;
Tuning/Temperaments
;
Tweed River
;
Vales
;
Valleys
;
Warped
;
West
;
West Wind
;
Wind
First Line
The sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill / Die Sonne sinkt in's Ettrick Thal (
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Average Duration
2:45 (
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Year of composition
1818 (
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Larger Work
25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (
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Musical Form
Strophic (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Member of the Tory establishment and the Highland Society; Victorian (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP53078-PMLP98037-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_24_No_257_Op_108.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/6Rm3X8yiireYABKLxGTg05
Catalog Designation
Op. 108, No. 02 (
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Complete Edition Reference
Beethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 8 (
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Range:
C4 - E5 (
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Original Key
A minor (
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Other instrumentation and voice
(1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (
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