Oh! Sweet were the Hours
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel| Song Title | Oh! Sweet were the Hours (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | William Smyth |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Airy; Apostrophe; Autumn; Away; Bright; Bringing; Brisk; Cheer; Cherishing; Coming; Crowning (filling); Dancing; Day; Dear; Dreams; Drinking Song; Enchantment; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Forgetting; Forms; Fountains; Friends; Friendship; Frolicking; Gay; Giving; Glasses; Glee; Health; Hearts; High; Hours; Joy; June; Leading; Leaving; Light; Lost Youth; Memory; Mirth; Near; Nodding; Nostalgia; Not Forgetting; Not Resigning; Overflowing; Passing; Past; Pledging; Pulses; Resigning; Returning; Revels; Running; Singing; Smiles; Songs; Soon; Sparkling; Spells; Spirits; Sunshine; Sweet; Telling; Throngs; Toasting; Why; Wine; Youth |
| First Line | Oh! sweet were the Hours / O köstliche Zeit (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1817 (Search) |
| Larger Work | 25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Whiggism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP53078-PMLP98037-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_24_No_257_Op_108.pdf |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1RRB2bcYDSEEIm2DqbKsAr |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 108, No. 03 (Search) |
| Complete Edition Reference | Beethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 14 (Search) |
| Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Major (Search) |
| Notes | Poet was a Cambridge history professor (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | (1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (Search) |