The Ant and the Grasshopper
Song Title | The Ant and the Grasshopper (Search) |
Composer(s): | Libby Larsen |
Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Author(s): | Jeanne Shepard |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Admitting; Animals; Ants; Autumn; Busy; Changing Seasons; Cold; Collecting; Cupboards; Dancing; Discontent; End; Fable; Full; Gifts; Gold; Hoarding; Hungering; Long; Mortality; Personification: Ant; Regret; Seasons; Singing; Summer; Truth; Winter; Wondering |
First Line | "Since you sing all summer, you may dance all winter," said the ant. (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1998 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14950 |
Larger Work | Late in the Day (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://libbylarsen.com/index.php?contentID=241&resourceID=1351 |
Audio Source | https://libbylarsen.com/works/the-ant-and-the-grasshopper |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | G4 - B5 (Search) |
Notes | The poet, Jeanne Shepard, didn't begin writing until later on in her life; as a potential consequence, her poems typically deal with mortality, life and death, and the meaning of life. (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | libbylarsen.com (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , MaryBeth Neubauer (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |