Sympathy

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Song TitleSympathy (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):William Smyth
Keyword(s) & Features: Aching; Anguish; Apologies; Beaming; Blushes; Blushing; Bosoms; Cheeks; Cheering; Chiding; Concern; Confiding; Consoling; Drooping; Empathy; Endearing; Endearment; Existence; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Eyes; Faithless; Faithless Lovers; Falling; Flying; Forgiving; Fresh; Gleaming; Grief; Guiding; Hearts; Hope; Hoping; In Vain; Julia; Known; Languishing; Light; Linking; Lovers; Luster; Marking; Meins; Nay; Not Knowing; Observing; Once; Pain; Pensive; Pensiveness; Pleading; Possible; Quick; Rain; Recalling; Recovering; Regret; Roses; Rude; Secret; Seeing; Seeking Forgiveness; Sighing; Silent; Sinking; Softened; Sorrow; Sorrows; Souls; Spirit; Starting; Sympathy; Tears; Telling; Thoughts; Trembling; Tremulous; Words; Wounds
First LineWhy, Julia, say, that pensive mien? / Was, Julia, sagt der Blick voll Gram (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1815 (Search)
Larger Work25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsWhiggism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
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/0S7aDcNXA1uvcLpg4W95F9
Catalog DesignationOp. 108, No. 10 (Search)
Complete Edition ReferenceBeethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 50 (Search)
Range: D4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyD Major (Search)
NotesPoet was a Cambridge history professor (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice(1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano (Search)
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