Pieśń o Fali (The Song of the Wave)

Song TitlePieśń o Fali (Search)
Title in EnglishThe Song of the Wave (Search)
Composer(s):Karol Szymanowski
Author(s):Zofia (Sophie) Szymanowska
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Angry; Boats; Bosoms; Breaking; Crushing; Dreams; Eternal; Everlasting; Hair; Harps; Kissing; Longing; Lullaby; Lulling; Manes; Personification: Waves; Pure; Rocking; Sailing; Scattering; Shattering; Silver; Singing; Sleep; Smashing; Songs; Waves; Whirlwinds; White; Wind; Windswept; Yearning
First LineChciałabym srebrną być falą, (Search)
Average Duration4:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1915 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=25195
Larger WorkSongs of the Fairy Tale Princess; Pieśni księžniczki z baśni (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguagePolish (Search)
Score Source http://petruccilibrary.ca/files/imglnks/caimg/b/b4/IMSLP70219-PMLP141220-Szymanowski--Songs-Op31.pdf
Difficulty LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 31 no. 5 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C#4 - A#5 (Search)
Dedicated ToZofia Szymanowska (Search)
NotesPublished 1926; Composer orchestrated in 1933 (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceSzymanowski, Pieśni księżniczki z baśni. Vienna: Universal Edition, 1926. Plate U.E. 8598. (Search)
Sources Citedhttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=25195 (Search)
ContributorGTM , Alyssa Liu (Search)
Contributor Affiliation University of Utah (Search)
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