The Poet's Life

Song TitleThe Poet's Life (Search)
Composer(s):Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):Sophie Jewett (as Ellen Burroughs)
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Art; Birds; Bitterness; Blotting; Crowds; Ecstatic; Exultant; Fame; Fate; Fortune; God; Golden; Grief; Hearing; Heartbreak; Hearts; Heavy; Heeding; Hope; Irony; Joy; Laughing; Life; Light; Lighthearted; Lilting; Loud; Lovers; Measures; Melody; Notes; Pages; Passionate; Poetry; Poets; Quivering; Remote; Ringing; Seas; Singing; Smiting; Sobbing; Songs; Sorrow; Sun; Sunshine; Swift; Thrilling; Words; World; Writing
First LineA poet sang, so light of heart was he, (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1892 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3433
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/97/IMSLP57436-PMLP118046-Elgar_-_The_poet's_life_(voice_and_piano).pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3ffXlG1rsLiHf6hQkUzynS
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/the-poets-life/
Range: D4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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