Sion, the Son of Evan

Song TitleSion, the Son of Evan (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Anne Grant
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Adversaries; Afraid; Animals; Antlers; Ardent; Arms; Blood; Blows; Bold; Boldness; Bony; Brakes; Bravery; Charms; Chases; Chiefs; Cliffs; Conquering; Conquests; Conwy; Cowering; Daring; Decreeing; Deep; Deer; Dens; Din; Distant; Duet; Dusky; Dying; Echoes; Evan; Faces; Fair; Far; Fear; Fearful; Fearless; Foes; Forests; Furious; Gallant; Gaunt; Glorious; Glowing; Grim; Hardy; Harm; Hearing; High; Hounds; Hunters; Hunting; Maids; Mortal; Mountains; Noble; Prizes; Pursuing; Quaking; Resounding; Resting; Running; Safe; Savage; Savages; Saving; Shouts; Sion; Sons; Speed; Straining; Swelling; Thorny; Tides; Timorous; Triumph; Victory; Visages; Waking; Wars; Water; Wild; Winifred; Winning; Wolves; Woodlands; Woods; Youth
First LineHear the shouts of Evan's son! (Search)
Average Duration4:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1817 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinewww.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=26650
Larger Work26 Welsh Songs (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d6/IMSLP59179-PMLP121424-Beethoven_-_26_Wallisische_Lieder_Voice_(Piano_Trio)_Violin_Cello_Piano_score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3FULMNUbt1zR9fLFOSb6od?si=0o7wrop0TP2IFMuN47PaVw
Catalog DesignationWoO 155 no. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano and Mezzo-soprano or Contralto
Range: H: D4; L: C4 - H: G5; L: Eb5
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
NotesCommissioned by publisher George Thomson. Poet grew up with the Schuyler family in New York (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice2 voices, piano, violin, violoncello (Search)
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