The Red Dress
Song Title | The Red Dress (Search) |
Composer(s): | Ricky Ian Gordon |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Dorothy Parker |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (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 Line | I always saw, I always said, (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1984 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=54424 |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNlAqmCHjaw |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | B3 - A5 (Search) |
Original Key | E Major (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Megan Gallucci (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | The college of saint rose (Search) |