Le clocher chante
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | Le clocher chante (Search) |
Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Rainer Maria Rilke |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Beer; Boys; Carillons; Church Bells; Comforting; Desire to Please; Dropping; Girls; Manna; Metaphor: Music as Manna; Music; Night; Power of Music; Religious; Ripening; Saturday; Secular; Sunday; Tones; Towers; Valais; Warming |
First Line | Mieux qu'une tour profane, (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1950 - 1951 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=71741 |
Larger Work | Mélodies passagères (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Modernism (Search) |
Original Language | French (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/7lweO6MYd2SEedEgHNM6Q5 |
Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/le-clocher-chante-3/ |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 27 no. 4 (Search) |
Range: | C4 - F5 (Search) |
Original Key | F minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Francis Poulenc and Pierre Bernac (Search) |
Premiered By | Eileen Farrell; Samuel Barber (Search) |
Notes | Also available in high key (G minor) (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) |