Richard Cory

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Song TitleRichard Cory (Search)
Composer(s):John Woods Duke
Author(s):Edwin Arlington Robinson
Keyword(s) & Features: Admiring; Bread; Bullets; Calm; Clean; Education; Fluttering; Gentlemen; Glittering; Grace; Guns; Heads; Home; Kings; Meat; Mental Illness; Night; Pavement; Pulses; Quiet; Rich; Richard; Slim; Stories; Story; Suicide; Summer; Towns; Wishing; Working
First LineWhenever Richard Cory went down town (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1945 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13728
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/products/Richard-Cory-and-Selected-Songs-153166.html?sid=cb3bc4ff631bfd020117a15ecb929fdc
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5NbxPGFp5KbnN6YGdW1FEr?si=7t_ElQ5bTvCVkEdZWYBl0A
Difficulty LevelCollege; Masters/YA (Search)
Range: A3 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceCarl Fischer, “John Duke: Richard Cory and Selected Songs” (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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