When I died in Berners Street

Song TitleWhen I died in Berners Street (Search)
Composer(s):Mary Howe
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Elinor Wylie
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Alone; Bells; Berners Street; Bloomsbury; Cities; Comfort; Death; Dying; England; Gold; Holborn; Houndsditch; Kin; Lights; Lincoln's Inn; London; Mad; Marylebone; Merry; Metaphor: Mode of Death as Indication of Class; Neighborhoods; Old; Passing; Poverty; Prayers; Rats; Social Class; Tapestries; Torn; Warm; Washerwomen; Wealth; Witches
First LineWhen I died in Berners Street (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1947 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=42030
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/three-songs-mary-howe/oclc/889986457&referer=brief_results
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: C4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyF minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourcePublished in Three Songs by Mary Howe, Southern Music Company, San Antonio, TX, 1995 (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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