A Night Thought
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | A Night Thought (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Charles Ives |
| Author(s): | Thomas Moore |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Clouds; Comparisons; Desire; Dying; Envy; Hearts; Human nature; Intentions; Keen; Light; Living; Longing; Malice; Metaphor: Wrongdoing as Clouds; Modesty; Moon; Nature; Night; Obscuring; Obtrusive; Personification: Clouds; Personification: Moon; Shy; Sky; Stealing; Timid; Unseen; Veils; World; Wrong |
| First Line | How oft a cloud, with envious veil (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1895 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11523 |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/114_Songs_(Ives,_Charles) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1ctIW4M5r6rAFkgnm1CzBu |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | S. 311 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | C#4 - D#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | B Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | George S. Madden, baritone, and Maurice Lafarge, piano, 1922 (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Peermusic Classical, "Charles Ives: 114 Songs" (Search) |
| Sources Cited | https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=ivescatalogue (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |