Some Things Are Dark

Song TitleSome Things Are Dark (Search)
Composer(s):Juliana Hall
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Anxiety; Black; Blue; Brains; Claws; Clutching; Comparisons; Dark; Dreams; Dusk; Erebus; Evil; Fear; Flying; Light; Nightmares; Personification: Nightmare; Rain; Sprechstimme; Striking; Suspense; Terror
First LineSome things are dark — or think they are. (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1987 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=103314
Larger WorkNight Dances (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsFeminism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://ecspublishing.com/night-dances.html
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooFbWnUVKqU
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: Bb3 - Bb5 (Search)
Dedicated ToMichael Dennis Browne and Lisa McLean (Search)
Premiered ByDawn Upshaw; Margo Garrett (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceE. C. Schirmer, Catalog No. 8593 (Search)
Contributor Juliana Hall (Search)
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