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The Greatest Man
Song Title
The Greatest Man (
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Composer(s):
Charles Ives
Author(s):
Anne Collins
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Admiring
;
Animals
;
Appreciation
;
Assignments
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Beating
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Boys
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Brushes
;
Care
;
Creeks
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Crying
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Death
;
Death of a Loved One
;
Essays
;
Families
;
Fathers
;
Fathers and Daughters
;
Fathers and Sons
;
Fields
;
Fishing
;
Gentle
;
Hands
;
Healing
;
Heroes
;
Horses
;
Hunters
;
Killing
;
Larks
;
Lee, Robert E
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Lessons
;
Love
;
Men
;
Molly
;
Moss
;
Mothers
;
Nature
;
Pain
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Praising
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Rabbits
;
Riding
;
Rough
;
Rubbing
;
Schools
;
Sick
;
Swimming
;
Teachers
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Tears
;
Thinking
;
Thrushes
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Washington, George
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Wild
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Winking
;
Writing
First Line
My teacher said us boys should write (
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Average Duration
1:30 (
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Year of composition
1921 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3959
Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Original Language
English (
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Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/0WZIZRg88CWImSZjK6Hv1o
Catalog Designation
S. 259 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Medium/High voice
Range:
E4 - G5 (
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Dedicated To
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Contributor
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