Childhood among the ferns

Song TitleChildhood 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 LineI sat one sprinkling day upon the lea (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1949 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7195
Larger WorkBefore and after Summer (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 16 no. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBaritone
Range: Bb3 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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