The River
Song Title | The River (Search) |
Composer(s): | Sir Edward Elgar |
Author(s): | Pietro, after a folkson d'Alba |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Ancient; Barriers; Bosoms; Despairing; Drowning; Fainting; Fighting; Flooding; Floods; Honoring; Land; Life; Men; Mighty; Mothers; Nature; Personification: River; Precious; Rivers; Saving; Sinking; Wine; Worshipping; Wounding |
First Line | River, mother of fighting men (Search) |
Average Duration | 4:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1912 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=75 |
Larger Work | Two Songs, op. 60 (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/2/25/IMSLP555779-PMLP896020-Elgar_The_River_key_Am.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3ZZBw9nGrkL2iWlwBBjz4c |
Difficulty Level | College; Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 60 no. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | B3 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | A minor (Search) |
Notes | Also available in high and low keys (Search) |
Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |