Song of the Frogs

Song TitleSong of the Frogs (Search)
Composer(s):Gustav Holst
Author(s):Gustav after Bible/Sacred Texts Holst
Keyword(s) & Features: Altars; Animals; Arising; Awakening; Bleating; Brothers; Bursting; Children; Composer is Poet; Cows; Cries; Eloquence; Fathers; Flowers; Frogs; Gladness; Goats; Greeting; Grunting; Hearts; Holy; Humor; India; Indian; Lessons; Mild; Moist; Nature; Pigs; Polite; Pools; Praying; Rain; Reviving; Rising; Sacred; Scholars; Scorching; Silence; Singing; Skin; Songs; Sows; Summer; Sun; Thirst; Throats; Throngs; Trees; Voices; Wealth; Welcoming; Wisdom; Words
First LineThroughout the summer they were lying (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1907 - 1908 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=19760
Larger WorkHymns from the Rig Veda (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9c/IMSLP145638-PMLP272005-Holst_-_Vedic_Hymns.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5VtFA9Ziiw0h81oNKSKfgI?si=zk6eloFnSHihvDH3yVmUjw
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 24 no. 6 (Search)
Range: B3 - D5 (Search)
Original KeyE minor (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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