The Red Dress

Song TitleThe Red Dress (Search)
Composer(s):Ricky Ian Gordon
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Dorothy Parker
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Buying; Childhood; Clothing; Colors; Coming of Age; Contrast: Childhood vs. Adulthood; Dresses; Eyes; Fine; Flipping; Free; Gallant; Gay; Gowns; Growing Up; Grown; Hair; Honor; Lips; Love; Lovers; Material Things; Men; Metal; Metaphor: Hair as Metal; Possessions; Red; Seeing; Silly; Sleek; Slow; Stars; Summer; Sun; Towns; Walking; Warm; Wearing; Womanhood; Women; World
First LineI always saw, I always said, (Search)
Average Duration2:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1984 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=54424
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlAqmCHjaw
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: B3 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyE Major (Search)
ContributorGTM , Megan Gallucci (Search)
Contributor Affiliation The college of saint rose (Search)
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