There were two swans

Song TitleThere were two swans (Search)
Composer(s):Vittorio Giannini
Author(s):Karl Flaster
Keyword(s) & Features: Agony; Alone; Animals; Contrast: Joy vs. Grief; Contrast: Life vs. Death; Cries; Death; Death of a Loved One; Death of Love; Dreams; Drooping; Echoing; Emptiness; Empty; Floating; Gardens; Grief; Harsh; Heartbreak; Irises; Life; Loneliness; Lost Love; Majestic; Metaphor: Life as Pool; Metaphor: Speaker as Swan; Metaphor: Swan as Lover; Mourning; Personification: Sun; Personification: Swans; Pools; Shimmering; Sun; Swans; Together; Two; White
First LineThere were two Swans, (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1944 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22158
Larger WorkSix Songs (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-n6ltDJPo
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: C4 - G#5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.worldcat.org/title/twenty-four-songs-by-vittorio-giannini-and-karl-flaster/oclc/34965534&referer=brief_results (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3051696?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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