The hero may perish
Song Title | The 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 Line | The hero may perish his country to save (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1812 - 1813 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24654 |
Larger Work | 12 Irish Songs (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/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 Designation | WoO 154 no. 10 (Search) |
Range: | H: D4; L: C4 - H: F#5; L: D5 |
Original Key | D Major (Search) |
Premiered By | (Search) |
Notes | Poet was a Cambridge history professor (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | 2 voices, piano, violin, violoncello (Search) |
More Than One Voice? | Duet (Search) |
Contributor | AL (Search) |