Take, o take those lips away

Song TitleTake, o take those lips away (Search)
Composer(s):Roger Quilter
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):William Shakespeare
Keyword(s) & Features: Away; Beauty; Bittersweet; Dawn; Day; Eyes; Heartbreak; In Vain; Kisses; Light; Lips; Longing; Love; Lying; Morning; One Octave or Less; Pleading; Sweet; Taking
First LineTake, o take those lips away (Search)
Average Duration1:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1919 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18596
Larger WorkFive Shakespeare Songs (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsElizabethan poetry and drama (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/86/IMSLP89683-PMLP183787-FiveShakespeareSongs.pdf
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRbtJ0NL5Y
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/take-o-take-those-lips-away-14/
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 23 no. 4 (Search)
Range: F#4 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyE Major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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