Bells in the rain

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Song TitleBells in the rain (Search)
Composer(s):John Woods Duke
Author(s):Elinor Wylie
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Asleep; Beauty; Bells; Blood; Blowing; Bright; Cliffs; Comparisons; Connection to Nature; Dead; Drinking; Drops; Falling; Glass; Grass; Heads; Imagery; Light; Men; Metaphor: Rain as Glass; Metaphor: Sleep as Rain; Mourning; Nature; Observing; Peace; Quiet; Rain; Ringing; Sleeping; Small; Soft; Steep; Stillness; Stones; Tender; Thin; Towns; Tranquility; Violence; Wars; Weather; Wind
First LineSleep falls, with limpid drops of rain (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1945 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=27234
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-cory-and-selected-songs/oclc/1075763336&referer=brief_results
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1wGhJzXZcZoCm2rnuWTghE?si=ba2be0af0e184b7c
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Range: E4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceCarl Fischer, “John Duke: Richard Cory and Selected Songs” (Search)
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