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La paloma
Song Title
La paloma (
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Composer(s):
Sebastián de Iradier [Yradier]
Author(s):
Sebastián de Iradier [Yradier]
Keyword(s) & Features:
Affection
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Beautiful
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Birds
;
Blessings
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Cathedrals
;
Catholicism
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Children
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Churches
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Composer is Poet
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Crowning
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Cuba
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Doves
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Flowers
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Frenzy
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Future
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God
;
Going
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Guachinango
;
Habanera
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Hands
;
Havana
;
Laughing
;
Leaving
;
Love
;
Love Song
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Marriage
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Marrying
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Metaphor: Speaker as Bird
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Metaphor: Speaker as Dove
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Mexico
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Personification: Doves
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Priests
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Sleeping
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Sprinkling
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Together
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True Love
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Weddings
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Windows
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Young Love
First Line
Cuando sali de la Habana (
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Average Duration
5:00 (
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Year of composition
1850 - 1859
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Circa
Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1286139
Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
Spanish (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/84/IMSLP47376-PMLP100689-La_Paloma.pdf
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUFYBpF1mW8
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/la-paloma-2/
Voice part suggested by composer
Medium/Low voice
Range:
G3 - F5 (
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Original Key
C Major (
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Notes
This song is one of the most popular and most-recorded in history. Iradier also composed the melody on which Bizet's Carmen "Habanera" is based. (
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Contributor
AL; GTM (
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