The Damsels of Cardigan

Song TitleThe Damsels of Cardigan (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):W. Jones
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Girls; Addressee: River Teifi; Admiring; Amaranth; Banks; Blaen-pant; Bliss; Books; Bronwith; Brooke; Cardigan; Carpe Diem; Companions; Composing; Connection to Nature; Contentment; Damsels; Darkness; Enjoyment; Fair; Flinging; Flowing; Friends; Friendship; Gentle; Gibberish; Giving; Gothic; Green; Greybeards; Growing; Hours; Invitations; Jasmine; Laboring; Lavish; Leaving; Living; Love; Mirth; Nature; Neatheam; Odors; Pages; Parchment; Peace; Perfumes; Plants; Pleasures; Relaxation; River Teifi; Rivers; Roses; Rude; Sages; Smiling; Sweet; Wanting; Waves; Weakness; Wild; Women; Woods; Zephyrs
First LineFair Tivy how sweet are thy waves (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1817 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinewww.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=26670
Larger Work26 Welsh Songs (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d6/IMSLP59179-PMLP121424-Beethoven_-_26_Wallisische_Lieder_Voice_(Piano_Trio)_Violin_Cello_Piano_score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6mr9ksuZqO3oCS9pRkM3eq?si=4Rkid84WSP-sInh6I-2-wA
Catalog DesignationWoO 155 no. 16 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: D4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyG Major (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
NotesCommissioned by publisher George Thomson (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice, piano, violin, violoncello (Search)
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