The K'e

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Song TitleThe K'e (Search)
Composer(s):Celius Dougherty
Author(s):Traditional Chinese
Author Underrepresented GroupPOC (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Banks; Broken promises; Cities; Couples; Croaking; Crying; Dusk; Evening; Eyes; Fowl; Frogs; Grass; Hair; Heartache; Imagery; K'e; Knots; Laughing; Lost Love; Memory; Old; Past; Promises; Recounting; Relationships; Rivers; Roads; Selling; Silk; Sunset; Talking; Towns; Wives; Words; Years
First LineThe K'e still ripples to its banks (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1954 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=974
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Celius-Dougherty-30-Art-Songs-in-Original-Keys-for-Medium-High-Voic-313695.html
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2sKJxljMspIAvvpCIwdBoF?si=d93d652e5ea24f05
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: D4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG Schirmer, “Celius Dougherty - 30 Art Songs in Original Keys” (Search)
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