The Queen's Face on a Summery Coin
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | The Queen's Face on a Summery Coin (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Robert Horan |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Apples; Beauty; Bees; Birds; Bugles; Cages; Chalk; Churning; Clocks; Coins; Deaf; Disabilities; Draining; Faces; Fascination; Flowers; Gold; Groves; Harbors; Honey; Imagery; Listening; Nature; Queens; Raging; Rain; Regal; Shadows; Shining; Sick; Sickness; Silence; Singing; Straw; Summer; Sun; Winning; Wounds |
| First Line | The queen's face on a summery coin (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1942 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/queens-face-on-the-summery-coin-op-18-no-1/ |
| Larger Work | Two Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Activism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/255QhVx15ku7aihRKLeVeo |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 18 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | C4 - E4 (Search) |
| Original Key | F# minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Povla Frijsh, soprano; Celius Dougherty, piano (Search) |
| Notes | This piece is rhythmically and harmonically complex and suitable for a singer with advanced musicianship. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Heyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search) |