The King's Way

Song TitleThe King's Way (Search)
Composer(s):Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):née Roberts Caroline Alice Elgar
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Architecture; Art; Beating; Beautification; Brave; Building; Clasping; Country; Craft; Crowding; Day; Dedication; Deep; Divine; Down; Dreary; Dying; England; Fighting; Filling; Free; Gloom; God; Grace; Great; Greeting; Hands; Hearts; Highways; Islands; Keeping; Kin; King of England; Kings; Life; London; Nationalism; Nations; New; Night; Noble; Pacing; Paths; Patriotism; Pity; Poor; Queens; Ranks; Roads; Royal; Sabers; Seas; Shining; Ships; Sick; Sinking; Stirs; Streets; Stretching; Striving; Strong; Swords; Thinking; Thought; Up; Voices; Ways; Weary; Winning; Working
First LineThe newest street in London town, (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1909 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=47486
Musical FormModified ternary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a5/IMSLP57222-PMLP117736-Elgar_-_The_Kings_Way_(voice_and_piano).pdf
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQwTJxRMbOE
Range: D4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyG Major (Search)
Premiered ByClara Butt (Search)
NotesMain melody is taken from the Trio section of Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," March no. 4 (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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