My Lizard (Wish for a Young Love)
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | My Lizard (Wish for a Young Love) (Search) |
Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (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 Line | My lizard, my lively writher (Search) |
Average Duration | 1:00 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1968 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/my-lizard-wish-for-a-young-love-op-41-no-2/ |
Larger Work | Despite and Still (Search) |
Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5kaiVTS1xMORx9vif1M78A |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 41 no. 2 (Search) |
Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Leontyne Price (Search) |
Premiered By | Leontyne Price; David Garvey (Search) |
Notes | Also available in low key (Gb Major) (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) |