The White Gulls

Song TitleThe White Gulls (Search)
Composer(s):Charles Ives
Author(s):Maurice Morris (after Anonymous Russian text)
Keyword(s) & Features: Birds; Breasts; Calling; Comfort; Crying; Dipping; Flying; Gray; Gulls; Heaving; Imagery; Men; Metaphor: Soul as Bird; Nature; Observing; Passage of Time; Receiving; Resting; Sinking; Slow; Souls; Spreading; Steel; Tides; Traveling; Turning; Water; Wheels; White; Wings
First LineThe white gulls dip and wheel (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1921 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11756
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/6192rXurTIS05WemaFgzsS
Catalog DesignationS. 391 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/Low voice
Range: B3 - E5 (Search)
ContributorAL (Search)
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