Being beauteous
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn MatavaSong Title | Being beauteous (Search) |
Composer(s): | Benjamin Britten |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Arthur Rimbaud |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Adored; Air; Arms; Ashen; Beauteous; Beauty; Beings; Black; Bodies; Bones; Breaking; Cannons; Casting; Circles; Colors; Creatures; Crystal; Dancing; Death; Deepening; Faces; Flesh; Goddesses; Hair; Height; Hurling; Illuminations; Life; Love; Melees; Mothers; Music; Raucous; Recoiling; Rising; Rumbling; Savor; Scarlet; Snow; Specters; Standing; Superb; Swelling; Tall; Trees; Trembling; Tremors; Visions; Wheezing; Whistles; World; Wounds |
First Line | Devant une neige un Être de Beauté de haute taille (Search) |
Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1939 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=23035 |
Larger Work | Les illuminations (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Symbolism (Search) |
Original Language | French (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/30tK8IppC0nTEMCVUpyaP3 |
Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/being-beauteous-2/ |
Catalog Designation | Op. 18 no. 7 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano or Tenor |
Range: | Ab3 - G#5 (Search) |
Original Key | C Major (Search) |
Premiered By | Sophie Wyss (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | https://www.boosey.com/cr/music/Benjamin-Britten-Les-Illuminations/5558 (Search) |
Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Voice and strings (Search) |
Contributor | GTM (Search) |