Sabbath Morning at Sea

Song TitleSabbath Morning at Sea (Search)
Composer(s):Sir Edward Elgar
Author(s):Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Blessing; Burning; Calm; Chanting; Comfort; Congregations; Creation; Darkness; Deep; Endless; Eyelids; Faces; Fire; Friends; Glory; God; Godhead; Harps; Hymn; Kneeling; Landscapes; Loving; Ministers; Morning; Parting; Pictures; Praise; Prayers; Praying; Sabbath; Sailing; Saints; Seas; Ships; Sights; Singing; Sky; Sleeping; Solemn; Souls; Spirit; Tears; Turbulent; Voices; Water; Weary
First LineThe ship went on with solemn face (Search)
Average Duration6:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1899 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3241
Larger WorkSea Pictures (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/8a/IMSLP167223-SIBLEY1802.17481.47aa-39087012083244score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0RWfNXSCD9Pc5Xll1eWgQE
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 37 no. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerContralto
Range: C4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyC Major (Search)
Orchestra and voice?Yes (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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