Landscape III: Prairie Spring

Song TitleLandscape III: Prairie Spring (Search)
Composer(s):Libby Larsen
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Willa Cather
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman; LGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Affection; Birds; Clouds; Larks; Liveliness; Prairies; Seasons; Singing; Sky; Spring; Sun; Throbbing; Wind
First LineSpring came on the prairie (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 2000 (Search)
Larger WorkMy Ántonia (Search)
Musical FormBinary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://global.oup.com/academic/product/my-ntonia-9780193867215?cc=us&lang=en&#
Audio Source https://libbylarsen.com/works/my-antonia
Difficulty LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano or Tenor
Range: Eb3 - Ab4 (Search)
Original KeyGb Major (Search)
Premiered ByJane Dressler, soprano, and Linda Jones, piano (Search)
Commissioned ByJane Dressler (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceOxford University Press (Search)
Sources Cited"Libby Larsen's My Ántonia: The Song Cycle and the Tonal Landscape of the Prairie," a dissertation by Gregory Zavracky, https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/12254. "A Guide to Libby Larsen's My Ántonia," Gregory Zavracky, Journal of Singing, https://www.nats.o (Search)
ContributorGTM , Gregory Zavracky (Search)
Contributor Affiliation University of Connecticut, Brown University (Search)
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