Thou soft flowing Avon
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn MatavaSong Title | Thou soft flowing Avon (Search) |
Composer(s): | Thomas Augustine Arne |
Author(s): | David Garrick |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: River Avon; Admiration; Avon; Beds; Celebrations; Dancing; Danger; Descriptions; Dreaming; Fairies; Flowing; Green; Hallowed; Heads; Love; Maidens; Metaphor: Nature as Muse; Moonlight; Mortal; Nature; Ode; Pain; Pillowing; Reverence; Rivers; Roving; Shakespeare, William; Sighing; Silver; Soft; Streams; Swains; Turf |
First Line | Thou soft flowing Avon (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5917 |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/6iDx5KLk4vwpaUVPRGwW6d?si=j6GS18bGTgejOU2DdJfysg |
Voice part suggested by composer | Mezzo-soprano |
Range: | C#4 - F#5 (Search) |
Original Key | D Major (Search) |
Notes | Poet buried in Poet's Corner in Westminster Abbey (Search) |