Autumn

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Song TitleAutumn (Search)
Composer(s):Charles Ives
Author(s):Harmony Twichell (Ives)
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Autumn; Barren; Bright; Changing Seasons; Earth; Ending; Eyes; Faces; Fields; Finished; Glowing; God; Harvest; Night; Peace; Personification: Earth; Radiance; Relief; Responsibility; Resting; Smiling; Songs; Sun; Turning; Winter; Work
First LineEarth rests! Her work is done, her fields lie bare (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1907 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=15975
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/114_Songs_(Ives,_Charles)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/4HJucwknvjP9sCf0PKWy0J
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationS. 217 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: Bb3 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyDb Major (Search)
Premiered ByMina Hager, mezzo, and John Kirkpatrick, piano, 1939 (Search)
Recommended Printed SourcePeermusic Classical, "Charles Ives: 114 Songs" (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=ivescatalogue (Search)
ContributorAL (Search)
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