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O süsser Mai
Song Title
O süsser Mai (
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Composer(s):
Richard Strauss
Author(s):
Karl Friedrich Henckell
Keyword(s) & Features:
Addressee: May
;
Beauty
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Benevolent
;
Blessed
;
Breasts
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Breath
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Burning
;
Chaste
;
Choosing
;
Dear
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Dwelling
;
Embracing
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Endless
;
Entreating
;
Escaping
;
Fresh
;
Gifts
;
Gloomy
;
Glory
;
Granting
;
Growing
;
Ice
;
Looking
;
Lovely
;
Lovers
;
Loving
;
Maidens
;
May
;
Meadows
;
Mercy
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Metaphor: May as Maiden
;
Mild
;
Nature
;
Personification: May
;
Pilgrims
;
Realms
;
Regions
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Renewal
;
Spring
;
Sweet
;
Time
;
Warming
;
Wintry
First Line
O süßer Mai, o habe du Erbarmen (
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Average Duration
1:45 (
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Year of composition
1896 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7836
Larger Work
Fünf Lieder (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Left-wing; Proletarianism; Socialism (
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Original Language
German (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/1a/IMSLP42942-PMLP92890-Strauss--Op_32_5_Lieder.pdf
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGdVrf2MSNQ
Catalog Designation
Op. 32 no. 4 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
E4 - A5 (
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Original Key
A Major (
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