My Lizard (Wish for a Young Love)

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Song TitleMy Lizard (Wish for a Young Love) (Search)
Composer(s):Samuel Barber
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Theodore Roethke
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Admiring; Animals; Anticipation; Blazing; Blessings; Ending; Envy; Eyes; Gazing; Green; Grief; Hair; Hate; Ice; Limbs; Lively; Lizards; Mean; Nature; Ode; Old Age; Part of a Song Cycle; Protection; Sun; Surviving; Undone; Wishes; Withering; Writhing
First LineMy lizard, my lively writher (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1968 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/my-lizard-wish-for-a-young-love-op-41-no-2/
Larger WorkDespite and Still (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5kaiVTS1xMORx9vif1M78A
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 41 no. 2 (Search)
Range: D4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToLeontyne Price (Search)
Premiered ByLeontyne Price; David Garvey (Search)
NotesAlso available in low key (Gb Major) (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search)
Sources CitedHeyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search)
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