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Bells in the rain
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky
Song Title
Bells in the rain (
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Composer(s):
John Woods Duke
Author(s):
Elinor Wylie
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Asleep
;
Beauty
;
Bells
;
Blood
;
Blowing
;
Bright
;
Cliffs
;
Comparisons
;
Connection to Nature
;
Dead
;
Drinking
;
Drops
;
Falling
;
Glass
;
Grass
;
Heads
;
Imagery
;
Light
;
Men
;
Metaphor: Rain as Glass
;
Metaphor: Sleep as Rain
;
Mourning
;
Nature
;
Observing
;
Peace
;
Quiet
;
Rain
;
Ringing
;
Sleeping
;
Small
;
Soft
;
Steep
;
Stillness
;
Stones
;
Tender
;
Thin
;
Towns
;
Tranquility
;
Violence
;
Wars
;
Weather
;
Wind
First Line
Sleep falls, with limpid drops of rain (
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Average Duration
2:45 (
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Year of composition
1945 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=27234
Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://www.worldcat.org/title/richard-cory-and-selected-songs/oclc/1075763336&referer=brief_results
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/1wGhJzXZcZoCm2rnuWTghE?si=ba2be0af0e184b7c
Difficulty Level
College (
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Range:
E4 - G5 (
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Original Key
A minor (
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Recommended Printed Source
Carl Fischer, “John Duke: Richard Cory and Selected Songs” (
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