The Isle of Portland
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | The Isle of Portland (Search) |
| Composer(s): | John Edmunds |
| Author(s): | A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | A Shropshire Lad; Benedictions; Black; Day; Dead; Death; Dreaming; Easy; Elegy; England; France; Free; Friends; Islands; Isle of Portland; Isles; Lads; Lighthouses; Loss; Lucky; Lying; Metaphor: Death as Night; Metaphor: Death as Sleep; Never; Night; One Octave or Less; Portland; Rising; Seas; Sleeping; Smooth; Soldiers; Stars; Stirring; Stone; Towers; Wars |
| First Line | The star-filled seas are smooth tonight (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1935 - 1960 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8395 |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/faucon-and-twenty-ie-twenty-three-additional-songs/oclc/13272995&referer=brief_results |
| Audio Source | https://youtu.be/xzysTlHl8oE?t=295 |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | E4 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Eva Gauthier (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | "The Faucon and twenty-three additional songs," John Edmunds (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |