The hero may perish

Song TitleThe hero may perish (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):William Smyth
Keyword(s) & Features: Admiring; Asking; Blessings; Brave; Brows; Countries; Duet; Dungeons; Entwining; Expiring; Fame; Fond; Heroes; Honor; Humility; Legacies; Living; Names; Perishing; Praising; Records; Remembering; Requiring; Respect; Reverence; Sacrifice; Sages; Saving; Sighs; Silence; Smiles; Toiling; Tyranny; Virtue; Wars; Wisdom; Women; Wreaths
First LineThe hero may perish his country to save (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1812 - 1813 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24654
Larger Work12 Irish Songs (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsWhiggism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/e2/IMSLP53180-PMLP106771-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_24_No_258_12_Irische_Lieder_WoO_154.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6ck9wJ1XmjLRWNOEWQv5Wg?si=AA21qNmXSD-i8ZJ8-O7L8g
Catalog DesignationWoO 154 no. 10 (Search)
Range: H: D4; L: C4 - H: F#5; L: D5
Original KeyD Major (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
NotesPoet was a Cambridge history professor (Search)
Other instrumentation and voice2 voices, piano, violin, violoncello (Search)
More Than One Voice?Duet (Search)
ContributorAL (Search)
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