The Last Invocation

Song TitleThe Last Invocation (Search)
Composer(s):Frank Bridge
Author(s):Walt Whitman
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Love; Addressee: Souls; Afterlife; Death; Doors; Dying; Flesh; Ghostly; Ghosts; Gliding; Heaven; Houses; Impatient; Invocation; Keys; Last; Locks; Love; Mortal; Powerful; Soft; Souls; Strong; Tender; Unlocking; Wafting; Walls; Whispers
First LineAt the last, tenderly, (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1918 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17414
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/b/b3/IMSLP212404-SIBLEY1802.20624.30bb-39087030868451score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2D7lU7m6RdE7fgzYKYICcF?si=flDi7uZTSJKIXhKa1jljEg
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationH. 136 (Search)
Range: F#4 - G#5 (Search)
Original KeyE Major (Search)
NotesAlso available in low and medium keys (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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