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The Swimmer
Song Title
The Swimmer (
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Composer(s):
Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):
Adam Lindsay Gordon
Keyword(s) & Features:
Adventures
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Blue
;
Boats
;
Bright
;
Cliffs
;
Coasts
;
Comparisons
;
Crags
;
Crimson
;
Descriptions
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Flaming
;
Flinging
;
Foam
;
Galloping
;
Ghastly
;
God
;
Gold
;
Green
;
Grey
;
Grim
;
Gulfs
;
Holding Hands
;
Horses
;
Hulls
;
Landscapes
;
Light
;
Lighting
;
Love
;
Loving
;
Masts
;
Pictures
;
Reefs
;
Riding
;
Roaming
;
Rocks
;
Sailing
;
Seas
;
Shores
;
Sights
;
Silver
;
Sky
;
Sleepy
;
Sleet
;
Sparkling
;
Sprites
;
Sun
;
Surges
;
Surging
;
Swimmers
;
Swimming
;
Swirling
;
Tempests
;
Thunder
;
Together
;
Traveling
;
Violent
;
Vivid
;
Wandering
;
Weather
;
White
;
Wind
First Line
With short, sharp, violent lights made vivid (
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Average Duration
6:00 (
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Year of composition
1899 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6769
Larger Work
Sea Pictures (
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Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8a/IMSLP167223-SIBLEY1802.17481.47aa-39087012083244score.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/0GR595nz0x6nj5Mtz5Y9cg
Difficulty Level
Masters/YA (
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Catalog Designation
Op. 37 no. 5 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Contralto
Range:
B3 - A5 (
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Original Key
D Major (
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Orchestra and voice?
Yes (
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Contributor
JEM (
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