Take, o take those lips away
Song Title | Take, o take those lips away (Search) |
Composer(s): | Roger Quilter |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (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 Line | Take, o take those lips away (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1919 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=18596 |
Larger Work | Five Shakespeare Songs (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
Original Language | English (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 Level | HS (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 23 no. 4 (Search) |
Range: | F#4 - E5 (Search) |
Original Key | E Major (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |