The Sleeper

Song TitleThe Sleeper (Search)
Composer(s):George Crumb
Author(s):Edgar Allen Poe
Keyword(s) & Features: Calm; Dark; Death; Deep; Dew; Dim; Drowsy; Eerie; Enduring; Exhaling; Ghostly; Golden; June; Ladies; Landscapes; Love; Midnight; Months; Moon; Moonlight; Musical; Mystical; Night; Sleeping; Soft; Solemn; Standing; Stealing; Valleys; Vapor; Wafting
First LineAt midnight, in the month of June (Search)
Average Duration5:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1984 (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Crumb-George-The-Sleeper/683975
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/20e7qHDiJ9ovgySYbYBSYc?si=N7SPnIicTJCn4Qd7mcCIjQ
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA; Professional (Search)
Range: G3 - G#5 (Search)
Dedicated ToJane DeGaetani and Gilbert Kalish (Search)
Premiered ByJan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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