O welch ein Leben, ein ganzes Meer
| Song Title | O welch ein Leben, ein ganzes Meer (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | Johann Gottlieb Stephanie der Jüngere |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Blooming; Celebrating; Cheerful; Contentment; Dances; Delighting; Enticing; Eyes; Fair; Flutes; Friendly; Games; Girls; Glances; Happiness; Joy; Laughing; Life; Light; Love; Maidens; Moon; Optimism; Paradise; Pleasure; Rays; Rejoicing; Rich; Round; Seas; Shining; Sounds; Sun; Twinkling; Violins |
| First Line | O welch ein Leben, ein ganzes Meer (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1795 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=127054 |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/49/IMSLP309335-PMLP148554-2_Arias,_WoO_91_I._O_welch_ein_Leben!_ein_ganzes_Meer_(Oh_what_a_life!_A_whole_ocean).pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3IQyfPbBIrDEStJAsszIXU |
| Catalog Designation | WoO 91, no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | F3 - G4 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Major (Search) |
| Notes | One of two arias written to be inserted into Ignaz Umlauf's singspiel Die schöne Schusterin (1779) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Beethoven complete works, Series 10, volume 3 (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |