The bracelet

Song TitleThe bracelet (Search)
Composer(s):Roger Quilter
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Robert Herrick
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Art; Binding; Bracelets; Captives; Connecting; Freeing; Hearts; Jewelry; Julia; Silk; Thread; Together; Tying; Uniting; Wrists
First LineWhy I tie about thy wrist (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1905 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=25028
Larger WorkTo Julia (Search)
Musical FormModifed strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/62/IMSLP321919-SIBLEY1802.22778.ef3d-39087013804515score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5CTdfjUAxeimsqsDs8EbMv?si=hVwUqGrwQyeOWfhGkUjCkg
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 8 no. 1 (Search)
Range: C#4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
Dedicated ToGervase Elwes (Search)
Premiered ByGervase Elwes, tenor and Roger Quilter, piano (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceArranged for voice and piano quintet (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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