The Song of the Jasmine

Song TitleThe Song of the Jasmine (Search)
Composer(s):Celius Dougherty
Author(s):Powys E. Mathers (after French by Dr. J. C. Mardrus after Traditional Arabic)
Author Underrepresented GroupPOC (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Air; Arabia; Black; Blue; Breasts; Camphor; Despair; Errors; Exoticism; Flowers; Fragrance; Friends; God; Hair; Jasmine; Joy; Laughter; Lords; Middle East; Mourning; Noon; Ornaments; Perfumes; Personification: Jasmine; Purity; Scents; Sensuality; Shining; Silver; Songs; Stars; Sweet; Sweetness; Tints; White; Wine; Women
First LineCome to me and mourn not, (Search)
Year of composition 1957 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=846170
Musical FormModified ternary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsIslamic Golden Age (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: Db4 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyGb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToPovla Frijsh (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceUniversity of Pennsylvania Libraries Special Collections (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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