Childhood among the ferns
Song Title | Childhood among the ferns (Search) |
Composer(s): | Gerald Finzi |
Author(s): | Thomas Hardy |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Beauty; Breath; Bursting; Childhood; Content; Creeping; Day; Death; Drying; Ferns; Fronds; Green; Growing; Houses; Limp; Living; Men; Nature; Pride; Rafters; Rain; Raining; Rays; Sheltering; Sprinkling; Stalks; Strength; Summer; Sun; Sweet; Weather; World |
First Line | I sat one sprinkling day upon the lea (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1949 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7195 |
Larger Work | Before and after Summer (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Collected-Songs-medium-low-voice-piano/2013933 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/04xDwfVUUHRElAlD1VDtfM?si=UuZvqBW4QiKPEUrgMU3kdQ |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 16 no. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Baritone |
Range: | Bb3 - F5 (Search) |
Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |