Absinthe
Song Title | Absinthe (Search) |
Composer(s): | Kathleen Lockhart Manning |
Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Author(s): | Kathleen Lockhart Manning |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (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 Line | Old Gustave in the café (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1925 (Search) Circa |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1170313 |
Larger Work | Sketches of Paris (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified ternary (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_rPzZFW35g&list=PLxMHSzmq1VgACWjPEzzm5QRXM6MpsZy8P&index=16 |
Catalog Designation | No. 5 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | Eb4 - Eb5 (Search) |
Original Key | Db Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | The composer's Mother (Search) |
Contributor | GTM (Search) |