Du Alte Mutter (My Dear Old Mother)
| Song Title | Du Alte Mutter (My Dear Old Mother) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Charles Ives |
| Author(s): | Edmund Lobedanz (after Aasmund Olavsson Vinje) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Appreciation; Banishing; Breasts; Childhood; Childish; Comfort; Courage; Dear; Death; Distress; Eternal Love; Families; Fear; Feet; Freedom; Grateful; Hearts; Humble; Imparting; Kissing; Lives; Love; Men; Mothers; Mothers and Children; Mothers and Daughters; Mothers and Sons; Old; Parting; Poor; Protection; Raising; Remaining; Safety; Security; Songs; Sore; Sturdy; Teaching; Tears; Tender; Toiling; Wandering; Warmth; Wiping |
| First Line | My dear old mother, poor thou art (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1894 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=19192 |
| Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Norwegian romantic nationalism (Search) |
| Original Language | German (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0dKGXvkEvLfXwubbCKYIZV |
| Catalog Designation | S. 316 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | D4 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Major (Search) |
| Notes | Also set in English with a translation by Frederick Corder (Search) |
| Contributor | AL (Search) |