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The Poet's Life
Song Title
The Poet's Life (
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Composer(s):
Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):
Sophie Jewett (as Ellen Burroughs)
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Art
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Birds
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Bitterness
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Blotting
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Crowds
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Ecstatic
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Exultant
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Fame
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Fate
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Fortune
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God
;
Golden
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Grief
;
Hearing
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Heartbreak
;
Hearts
;
Heavy
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Heeding
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Hope
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Irony
;
Joy
;
Laughing
;
Life
;
Light
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Lighthearted
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Lilting
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Loud
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Lovers
;
Measures
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Melody
;
Notes
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Pages
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Passionate
;
Poetry
;
Poets
;
Quivering
;
Remote
;
Ringing
;
Seas
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Singing
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Smiting
;
Sobbing
;
Songs
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Sorrow
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Sun
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Sunshine
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Swift
;
Thrilling
;
Words
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World
;
Writing
First Line
A poet sang, so light of heart was he, (
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Average Duration
3:15 (
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Year of composition
1892 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3433
Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Original Language
English (
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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 (
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Original Key
F Major (
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Contributor
GTM (
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