Jupiter Has Seven Moons

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Song TitleJupiter Has Seven Moons (Search)
Composer(s):Leonard Bernstein
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+; Jewish (Search)
Author(s):Leonard Bernstein
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+; Jewish (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Atlantic Ocean; Billions; Children; Children's Song; Composer is Poet; Dogs; Excitement; Frantic; Fun; Gigantic; Humor; Jupiter; Man in the moon; Millions; Moon; Nine; Numbers; Planets; Romance; Saturn; Seven; Space; Sun; Tides; Treble Chorus; Trillions; Wonderment
First LineJupiter has seven moons or is it nine? (Search)
Average Duration1:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1942 - 1943 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/jupiter-has-seven-moons/
Larger WorkI Hate Music!: A Cycle of Five Songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Leonard-Bernstein-I-Hate-Music-high-voice-piano-High-Voice-Piano/2064385
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/25keZPOM4k2SRDtSfAUdOr?si=z1AZIpD5T5mybj9ggjWJZA
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Dedicated ToEdys Merril (Search)
Premiered ByJennie Tourel, mezzo-soprano; Leonard Bernstein, piano; August 24, 1943, Public Library, Lenox Massachussetts (Search)
NotesAlso available in low key. A note in the score from the composer: In the performance of these songs, coyness is to be assiduously avoided. The natural, unforced sweetness of child expressions can never be successfully gilded; rather will it come through the music in proportion to the dignity and sophisticated understanding of the singer. (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceBoosey and Hawkes, "Leonard Bernstein, I Hate Music!” (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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