Sleep, mourner, sleep!
| Song Title | Sleep, mourner, sleep! (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Juliana Hall |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Emily Brontë |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Eyes; Frustration; Insomnia; Mind; Misery; Mournful; Mourning; Sleep; Sprechstimme; Stones; Tears; Weary; Weeping |
| First Line | Sleep, mourner, sleep! — I cannot sleep (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1987 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=103313 |
| Larger Work | Night Dances (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://ecspublishing.com/night-dances.html |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | G3 - B5 (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Michael Dennis Browne and Lisa McLean (Search) |
| Premiered By | Dawn Upshaw; Margo Garrett (Search) |
| Notes | Composer found poem fragment in a collection with attribution to Emily Brontë. However, according to Lieder Net, the poem was sometimes misattributed to Emily Brontë (1818 - 1848), but is really the work of Patrick Branwell Brontë (1817 - 1848). (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | E. C. Schirmer, Catalog No. 8593 (Search) |
| Contributor | Juliana Hall (Search) |