Absinthe

Song TitleAbsinthe (Search)
Composer(s):Kathleen Lockhart Manning
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Kathleen Lockhart Manning
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Absinthe; Addiction; Alcohol; Cafes; Cheeks; Composer is Poet; Contrast: Slow vs. Fast; Death; Dreaming; Dreams; Dying; Faces; France; Gustave; Intoxication; Life; Old; One Octave or Less; Pain; Pale; Paris; Peculiar; Poisons; Pouring; Sadness; Sipping; Slipping; Slow; Smiles; Style; Tears; Trickling; Vignette; Weak; Withered
First LineOld Gustave in the café (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1925 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1170313
Larger WorkSketches of Paris (Search)
Musical FormModified ternary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_rPzZFW35g&list=PLxMHSzmq1VgACWjPEzzm5QRXM6MpsZy8P&index=16
Catalog DesignationNo. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyDb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToThe composer's Mother (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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