Glencoe

Song TitleGlencoe (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Robert Burns
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Harpist; Cruelty; Deceit; Deer; Eagles; Ernes; Flames; Glencoe; Harpists; Harps; Hospitality; Massacres; Melodies; Midnight; Mountains; Murder; Nets; Revenge; Stags; Steel; Strings; Swords; Treachery; Trio; Woods
First LineOh! tell us, Harper (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1818 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/get_text.html?TextId=24268
Larger Work12 Scottish Songs (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism; Liberalism; Socialism; National poet of Scotland; Scottish Makar tradition; Republicanism; Anticlericalism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6f/IMSLP320140-PMLP121356-LvBeethoven_12_Schottische_Lieder,_WoO_156_BH_Werke_score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/69xIizTyYcsoOEI8ee9SnD?si=6JiCdQlMQEO2toIiptmPAA
Catalog DesignationWoO 156 no. 10 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano, Tenor, and Bass
Range: Soprano: G4; Tenor: E3; Bass: G2 - Soprano: F5; Tenor: E4; Bass: C4
Original KeyC Major (Search)
Premiered By (Search)
NotesNational poet of Scotland (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoices, piano, violin, violoncello (Search)
More Than One Voice?Trio (Search)
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