I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
| Song Title | I Have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ralph Vaughan Williams |
| Author(s): | Robert Louis Stevenson |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Acceptance; Closing; Day; Death; Doors; Down; Farewell; Hope; Living; Longing; Lost Love; Love; Loving; Memories; Moving On; Peace; Slopes; Traveling; Unrequited Love; Up |
| First Line | I have trod the upward and the downward slope (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1904 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=15301 |
| Larger Work | Songs of Travel (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Neo-Romanticism; Modernism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5x0kas1gNWXy88FKOjosaq |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/i-have-trod-the-upward-and-the-downward-slope-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | Songs of Travel, no. 9 (Search) |
| Range: | C4 - D5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D minor (Search) |
| Notes | Numbers 1-8 were premiered in December 1904. The ninth song was rediscovered in Vaughan Williams' papers after his death. The complete cycle was not performed until 1960. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/songs-of-travel-sheet-music/19978133 (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |