The Soldier

Song TitleThe Soldier (Search)
Composer(s):John Ireland
Author(s):Rupert Brooke
Keyword(s) & Features: Air; Blessed; Breathing; Death; Dreams; Dust; Dying; Earth; England; English; Eternal; Evil; Fields; Fighting; Flowers; Foreign; Gentle; Glory; Happy; Hearts; Heaven; Home; Landscapes; Laughter; Love; Mind; Nationalism; Peace; Rivers; Roaming; Sights; Soldiers; Sounds; Sun; Thinking; Thoughts; Wars; Wishing
First LineIf I should die, think only this of me (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1917 - 1918 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=39937
Larger WorkTwo Songs (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/45/IMSLP285180-SIBLEY1802.14570.aa92-39087011971480score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3k7qwI9AdCBWLq26gPS9cz
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationTwo Songs, no. 1 (Search)
Range: D4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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