Thou Whom We Call God

Song TitleThou Whom We Call God (Search)
Composer(s):Sarah Hutchings
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Max Ehrmann
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: God; Answering; Believing; Children; Christian Worship Service; Contrast: Earthly vs. Heavenly; Dead; Death; Despair; Dying; Earth; Evil; Existence; Faces; Fathers; Feeble; Fields; Flowers; Gentle; God; Hearts; Hope; Knocking; Leading; Life; Living; Lonesome; Long; Long Time; Loving; Malice; Material Things; Metaphor: Face as Weapon; Metaphor: Soul as Flower; Morning; Mothers; Night; Peace; Petals; Possessions; Prayers; Praying; Reconciliation; Redemption; Refreshing; Religion; Seasons; Sending; Silence; Sky; Softening; Souls; Speaking; Stars; Steps; Stern; Struggles; Teaching; Tenderness; Time; Troubled; Twilight; Unbinding; Voices; Wandering; Warming; Weapons; Woods; Words; World; Yielding
First LineLong has been the time since I spoke with Thee, (Search)
Average Duration5:00 (Search)
Year of composition 2016 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/inauthors/view?docId=VAA9478&chunk.id=d1e8761&doc.view=0&anchor.id=
Larger WorkIn Seasons of Life's Pursuit (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTLkHNLXoTU
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBaritone
Range: B2 - F4 (Search)
Original KeyC# Minor (Search)
Premiered ByMitchell Hutchings (Search)
NotesAlthough the composer was born in Lexington, KY, her family was primarily from the state of Indiana. There is a geographic connection here between the poet, Max Ehrmann, and composer, Sarah Hutchings. (Search)
ContributorGTM , American Vocal Arts LLC (Search)
Contributor Affiliation American Vocal Arts (Search)
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