Diaphenia
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Diaphenia (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Dominick Argento |
| Author(s): | Henry Constable |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Admiring; Bees; Beloved; Birds; Blessed; Breath; Courtship; Death; Descriptions; Diaphenia; Expressing; Fair; Flowers; Joy; Kings; Lambs; Life; Lilies; Loving; Nature; Pleading; Power; Praise; Roses; Spring; Sun; Sweet; Virgins; White |
| First Line | Diaphenia, like the daffadowndilly (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1957 - 1958 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3993 |
| Larger Work | Six Elizabethan Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/cr/sheet-music/Dominick-Argento-Collected-Song-Cycles-high-voice-piano/38756 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3c9Gbra9jY8wBdCU5q89Ch |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/diaphenia-2/ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Six Elizabethan Songs, no. 5 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | F#4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Nicholas Di Virgilio (Search) |
| Premiered By | Nicholas Di Virgilio, tenor; David Burge, piano (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low key (Eb Major) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Boosey and Hawkes (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | High voice, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harpsichord (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |