Schwalbenmärchen
| Song Title | Schwalbenmärchen (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Carl Loewe |
| Author(s): | Ferdinand Freiligrath |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Africa; African; Air; Antelope; Arabian; Arrows; Beaks; Bells; Blossoms; Chirps; Chorus; Cousins; Crocodiles; Crowns; Crystal; Dancing; Dates; Drinking; Ethiopian; Exoticism; Flowers; Foreign; Frogs; Goats; Greetings; Horses; Hot; Hunts; Ice; Journeys; Kingly; Leaves; Memnon; Metaphor: Water as Mirror; Milk; Mirrors; Moors; Naked; Nile; Personification: Animals; Personification: Birds; Personification: Swallows; Ponds; Pools; Queens; Reeds; Saddles; Soft; Sounding; Spears; Spring; Storms; Swallows; Thunder; Toads; Traveling; Venerable; Warriors; Water; Water Lilies; Water Striders; Waves; Wings; Wives |
| First Line | Auf dem stillen, schwülen Pfuhle (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1839 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5778 |
| Larger Work | 3 Balladen, op. 68 (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/367843 |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRiXhYlSxOE |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 68 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
| Range: | B3 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Frau Landräthin Caroline von Stülpnagel-Dargitz (Search) |
| Notes | In 2012 an urn thought to contain the heart of Carl Loewe was found inside the Szczecin Cathedral's southern pillar during the renovation works carried out that year.[11] A special commission appointed by the Szczecińsko-Kamieńska Metropolitan Curia has deduced, on the basis of historical records and an inscription on the pillar, that the urn indeed contains the heart of Carl Loewe.[12] (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Loewe (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |