The Lamplighter

Song TitleThe Lamplighter (Search)
Composer(s):Kathleen Lockhart Manning
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Kathleen Lockhart Manning
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Composer is Poet; Contains Another Language; France; French; Hearing; Lamplighters; Magic; Metaphor: Streetlights as Stars; Moon; Moonlight; Night; Old; Paris; Pens; Pierrot; Singing; Songs; Stars; Streetlights; Streets; Vignette; Voices; Words; Writing
First LineWhen the night falls I hear a voice, a song: (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1925 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1087665
Larger WorkSketches of Paris (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmxfO5F9JUg&list=PLxMHSzmq1VgACWjPEzzm5QRXM6MpsZy8P&index=13
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: E4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyA Major (Search)
Dedicated ToThe composer's Mother (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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