The Succession of the Foure Sweet Months

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Song TitleThe Succession of the Foure Sweet Months (Search)
Composer(s):Lauren Bernofsky
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman; Jewish (Search)
Author(s):Robert Herrick
Keyword(s) & Features: April; Celebrations; Flowers; Four; Gems; Good Weather; Joy; July; June; May; Melismas; Mellow; Months; Nature; Rich; Seasons; Showers; Smiling; Spring; Successions; Summer; Sweet; Wealth
First LineFirst, April, she with mellow show'rs (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1999 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/fourmonths.htm
Larger WorkFive Songs on Poems of Robert Herrick (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRenaissance; Cavalier (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://issuu.com/theodorepresser/docs/herrick_songs-full_score
Audio Source https://soundcloud.com/search?q=bernofsky%20five%20songs%20on%20poems%20of%20robert%20herrick
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: E4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
Premiered ByElisa Doughty and Sinfonia Calcania of Boston (Search)
Commissioned BySinfonia Calcania of Boston (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.presser.com/shop/five-songs-on-poems-of-robert-herrick-99123.html (Search)
Orchestra and voice?No (Search)
Contributor Lauren Bernofsky (Search)
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