Auf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend

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Song TitleAuf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Alois Jeitteles
Keyword(s) & Features: Apart; Beloved; Belovedness; Connection Across a Distance; Distance; Distant Love; Gazing; Happiness; Hearts; Hills; Longing; Loss of Peace; Love; Messengers; Music; Part of a Song Cycle; Pastures; Peace; Power of Music; Reaching; Sighing; Singing; Sitting; Sorrow; Valleys
First LineAuf dem Hügel sitz ich spähend (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1816 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8892
Larger WorkAn die ferne Geliebte, cycle of 6 songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/7c/IMSLP318396-PMLP11572-LvBeethoven_An_die_ferne_Geliebte,_Op.98_BH_Werke.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/4OLf5zSbPo22rudwZEHvC9
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/auf-dem-hugel-sitz-ich-spahend-2/
Catalog DesignationOp. 98, no 1 (Search)
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToPrince Joseph Franz Maximilian Lobkowitz (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
NotesPoet made his living as a physician, and most likely wrote the text on Beethoven's request. Composed in April (Search)
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