Womankind
| Song Title | Womankind (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | William Smyth |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Admiring; Asking; Blessings; Brave; Brows; Countries; 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; Trio; Tyranny; Virtue; Wars; Wisdom; Womankind; Women; Wreaths |
| First Line | The hero may perish his country to save (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1818 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=24654 |
| Larger Work | 12 Scottish Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Whiggism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (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/3iUEQ924rmYZLV2WQOOeRa?si=yWNuCBI6SVG4_48Ubwn56w |
| Catalog Designation | WoO 156 no. 8 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano, Tenor, and Bass |
| Range: | Soprano: C4; Tenor: F3; Bass: Ab2 - Soprano: Ab5; Tenor: F4; Bass: C4 |
| Original Key | F minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | (Search) |
| Notes | Poet was a Cambridge history professor (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | Voices, piano, violin, violoncello (Search) |
| More Than One Voice? | Trio (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |