Land of heart's desire

Song TitleLand of heart's desire (Search)
Composer(s):Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser (arr.)
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Marjorie Kennedy-Fraser (after Traditional)
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Blue; Cloudless; Composer is Poet; Desires; Dreaming; Far; Folk Song; Free; Gaelic; Gleaming; Green; Hearts; Hebrides; Idyllic; Islands; Isles; Lands; Paradise; Pleasure; Sand; Scotland; Sky; Starlight; Stretching; Sunlight; Wandering; Western; White; Youth
First LineLand o' Heart's Desire, Isle of Youth (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1916 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1286366
Larger WorkSongs of the Hebrides, Vol. II (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/twelve-selected-songs-of-the-hebrides-from-volume-ii/oclc/228655754&referer=brief_results
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z04wJH8htY
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/Low voice
Range: Bb3 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
NotesBoosey & Hawkes edition of Songs of the Hebrides gives the spelling of Kennedy-Fraser's first name as "Marjory" (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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