There were two swans
| Song Title | There 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: Narrator as Swan; Metaphor: Swan as Lover; Mourning; Personification: Sun; Personification: Swans; Pools; Shimmering; Sun; Swans; Together; Two; White |
| First Line | There were two Swans, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1944 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22158 |
| Larger Work | Six Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-n6ltDJPo |
| Difficulty Level | Undergraduate (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | C4 - G#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B minor (Search) |
| Trivial or Important references and connections | This song is listed as part of the set "Six Songs" in the cited JSTOR article. However, some of the set's songs were published in different years, and the score source does not list them as being part of a set. Also available in low key (G minor) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/twenty-four-songs-by-vittorio-giannini-and-karl-flaster/oclc/34965534&referer=brief_results (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://www.jstor.org/stable/3051696?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |