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There were two swans
Song Title
There were two swans (
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Composer(s):
Vittorio Giannini
Author(s):
Karl Flaster
Keyword(s) & Features:
Agony
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Alone
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Animals
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Contrast: Joy vs. Grief
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Contrast: Life vs. Death
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Cries
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Death
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Death of a Loved One
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Death of Love
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Dreams
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Drooping
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Echoing
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Emptiness
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Empty
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Floating
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Gardens
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Grief
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Harsh
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Heartbreak
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Irises
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Life
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Loneliness
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Lost Love
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Majestic
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Metaphor: Life as Pool
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Metaphor: Speaker as Swan
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Metaphor: Swan as Lover
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Mourning
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Personification: Sun
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Personification: Swans
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Pools
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Shimmering
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Sun
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Swans
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Together
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Two
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White
First Line
There were two Swans, (
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Average Duration
3:00 (
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Year of composition
1944 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22158
Larger Work
Six Songs (
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Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Original Language
English (
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Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE-n6ltDJPo
Difficulty Level
College (
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Catalog Designation
No. 4 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
C4 - G#5 (
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Original Key
B minor (
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Recommended Printed Source
https://www.worldcat.org/title/twenty-four-songs-by-vittorio-giannini-and-karl-flaster/oclc/34965534&referer=brief_results
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Sources Cited
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3051696?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
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Contributor
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