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Night
Song Title
Night (
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Composer(s):
Edwin McArthur
Author(s):
Charles Hanson Towne
Keyword(s) & Features:
Afraid
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Contrast: Dark vs. Light
;
Contrast: Day vs. Night
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Creeping
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Darkness
;
Dawn
;
Day
;
Death
;
Deep
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Desolate
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Exultant
;
Falling Asleep
;
Folding
;
Glamour
;
God
;
Hope
;
Light
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Metaphor: Death as Night
;
Night
;
Noon
;
Pearls
;
Scabbards
;
Shadows
;
Sheep
;
Shoals
;
Singing
;
Sleep
;
Sonnet
;
Souls
;
Spirit
;
Starless
;
Sunlight
;
Swords
;
Tears
;
Terrifying
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Trailing
;
Unknown
;
Walking
;
Wings
;
Wonder
First Line
Wherefore should darkness terrify my soul? (
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Year of composition
1949 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=15897
Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=edwin+mcarthur+night&qt=owc_search#x0%253Amsscr-%2C%2528x0%253Amsscr%2Bx4%253Adigital%2529format
Voice part suggested by composer
Medium voice
Range:
C#4 - E5 (
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Original Key
A Major (
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Dedicated To
Polyna Stoska (
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Contributor
GTM (
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