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The King's Way
Song Title
The King's Way (
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Composer(s):
Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):
née Roberts Caroline Alice Elgar
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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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 Line
The newest street in London town, (
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Average Duration
3:45 (
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Year of composition
1909 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=47486
Musical Form
Modified ternary (
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Original Language
English (
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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 (
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Original Key
G Major (
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Premiered By
Clara Butt (
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Notes
Main melody is taken from the Trio section of Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," March no. 4 (
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Contributor
GTM (
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