Dim, Dim is my Eye

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Song TitleDim, Dim is my Eye (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):William Brown
Keyword(s) & Features: Abu Qir Bay; Adieu; Away; Battle of Aboukir Bay (1798); Battle of the Nile (1798); Bonaparte, Napoléon; Bosoms; Brave; Bravery; Breasts; Bright; Bursting; Casualties; Cheeks; Clear; Countries; Crying; Danger; Day; Death in Combat; Dew; Dewdrops; Dim; Dismay; Dismaying; Dying; Egypt; Ever; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Eyes; Fair; Faithfulness; Falling; Fast; Fatal; Fighting; Forever; Gallant; Gallantry; Gay; Glory; Grave; Graves; Hanging; Hearts; Heaving; Heavy; Honor; Hours; Kind; Kindness; Lamenting; Laments; Lessening; Lies; Lords; Lost Love; Lying; Mediterranean Sea; Nationalism; Nelson, Sir Horatio; Never; Nile; Once; Pale; Royal Navy; Sad; Sadness; Sails; Seas; Separation; Soft; Sorrow; Sweet; Tears; Toil; True Love; True-hearted; Valiant; Valor; Vows; Wars; Warships; Wet; William
First LineDim, dim is my eye / Trüb', trüb' ist mein Auge (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1815 (Search)
Larger Work25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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/3WpsXwkeWUkOngDtI0nGBS
Catalog DesignationOp. 108, No. 06 (Search)
Complete Edition ReferenceBeethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 29 (Search)
Range: D4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyD Major (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice(1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (Search)
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