Twilight

Song TitleTwilight (Search)
Composer(s):Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):Sir Gilbert Parker
Keyword(s) & Features: Adieu; Bending; Broken; Clear; Contemplation; Creeping; Crimson; Death; Dusk; End; Ending; Eyes; Folding; Goodbye; Lilies; Love; Meaning; Meaning of Life; Mists; Night; Old; One Octave or Less; Past; Reaping; Right; Sails; Sleepy; Songs; Stains; Strife; Sun; Sunset; Time; Towns; Twilight; Veils; Weary; White; Wrong; Years
First LineAdieu! and the sun goes awearily down, (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1910 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=12460
Larger WorkThree Songs, Op. 59 (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/c/cf/IMSLP263319-PMLP426884-twilight.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0naf3Wa8pCSTWAo31h0mYD
Catalog DesignationOp. 59 no. 6 (Search)
Range: E4 - D5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
Premiered ByMuriel Foster (Search)
NotesFrom Parker's "The Twilight of Love" in Embers (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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