Earlier This Afternoon
| Song Title | Earlier This Afternoon (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Lori Laitman |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Anne Spencer Lindbergh |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afternoon; April; Barefoot; Childhood; Ears; Earth; Excitement; Fields; Frustration; Kites; Metaphor: Nature as Music; Mistakes; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus; Power of Nature; Questioning; Regret; Rooms; Singing; Spring; Strings; Sun; Tailcoats; Then and Now; Velvet |
| First Line | Earlier this afternoon I was standing in a field barefoot in April (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 2000 - 2001 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Round and Round (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jkx4LX9djg |
| Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano or Mezzo-soprano |
| Range: | D4 - Gb5 (Search) |
| Commissioned By | Adelaide Whitaker (Search) |
| Notes | Poet is daughter of Charles Lindbergh (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Classical Vocal Reprints, CVR 3483 (Search) |
| Contributor | Malinda Wagstaff (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | Eastman School of Music (Search) |