Among the Fuchsias - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project

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Song TitleAmong the Fuchsias - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search)
Composer(s):Henry Thacker Burleigh
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Adela Florence Nicolson (as Laurence Hope)
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Forbidden Lover; Awaking; Buds; Calling; Children; Concern; Day; Daylight; Desire; Discomfort; Divine; Doubts; Drooping; Dying; Empty; Enticing; Exoticism; Faces; Faithfulness; Fear; Forbidden Love; Fuchsias; God; Hiding; Infidelity; Kisses; Lakes; Links; Long; Longing; Lotuses; Men; Morality; Mouths; Nature; Night; Orientalism; Strong; Sweet; Temptations; Tempting; Words; Wrong; Youth
First LineCall me not to a secret place (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1915 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=36895
Larger WorkFive Songs of Laurence Hope (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsOrientalism; Exoticism; (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Songs_of_Laurence_Hope_(Burleigh,_Harry_Thacker)#IMSLP238246
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3Jg7drexJNNzdDTdlfeErP
Difficulty LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Catalog Designationno. 4 (Search)
Range: E4 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyF minor (Search)
Premiered ByJohn McCormack, tenor, and Edwin Schneider, piano (Search)
NotesAdela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. She lived most of her adult life in India, and her poems often show Indian or other Eastern influence, as well as unbridled sensuality. (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.worldcat.org/title/five-songs-of-laurence-hope/oclc/682120505&referer=brief_results (Search)
Orchestra and voice?No (Search)
Sources CitedAfrican Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search)
ContributorDr. Louise Toppin; GTM , Ben G (Search)
Contributor Affiliation University of Connecticut (Search)
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