A Cradle Song
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | A Cradle Song (Search) |
Composer(s): | John Alden Carpenter |
Author(s): | William Blake |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Baby; Babe; Babies; Beauty; Beguiling; Bright; Charms; Cheeks; Children; Creeping; Cunning; Desires; Dreaming; Earth; Eyes; Faces; Falling Asleep; Harvest; Hearts; Heaven; Infants; Joy; Lightning; Lullaby; Night; Peace; Pretty; Secret; Simple; Singing; Sleep; Sleeping; Smiles; Soft; Songs; Sorrows; Sweet; Tracing; Weeping |
First Line | Sleep, sleep, beauty bright (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1912 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=2696 |
Larger Work | Eight Songs for a Medium voice (Search) |
Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/73/IMSLP234331-SIBLEY1802.15243.d7e1-39087012000206cradle.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7wbyEOqfILXf04RA9Zw9C7?si=Uthbjj54Q1SWIqifbAGXZA |
Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Eight Songs for a Medium voice, no. 8 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | C4 - Eb5 (Search) |
Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
Notes | Carpenter sets stanzas 1 and 2 of the original poem. (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |