In The Wilderness
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | In The Wilderness (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Robert Graves (as John Doyle) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Animals; Bats; Bleeding; Blind; Broken; Brothers; Burning; Christ; Christianity; Coats; Cockatrices; Communion; Companionship; Compassion; Comrades; Connection to Nature; Day; Deserts; Devices; Dragons; Eagerness; Eyes; Faith; Feet; Flocking; Following; Forty; Gaunt; Gentleness; Grace; Guards; Guile; Healing; Helping; Homilies; Hungering; Innocent; Jesus; Keeping; Leather; Lonely; Lost; Lovers; Lullaby; Mean; Misery; Monstrous; Nature; Night; Old; Pain; Palaces; Part of a Song Cycle; Pelicans; Piety; Poor; Ragged; Religion; Ribs; Scapegoats; Stinging; Suffering; Teaching; Tears; Temptations; Thirsting; Throats; Walking; Walls; Wandering; Ways; Weeping; Wilderness; Wings; Wondering; Youth |
| First Line | He, of his gentleness, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1968 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=6838 |
| Larger Work | Despite and Still (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/4zGxK0D6c0zbWbzfD3rARX |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/in-the-dark-pine-wood-4/ |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 41 no. 3 (Search) |
| Range: | C4 - G4 (Search) |
| Original Key | G minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Leontyne Price (Search) |
| Premiered By | Leontyne Price; David Garvey (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low key (F minor). Text deals with the temptation of Christ, who after being baptized, wandered in the wilderness for forty days while Satan tempted Him to use his divine power to eschew the suffering and limits of humans. (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. https://iansidden.com/2009/03/despite-and-still-part-ii-in-the-wilderness/ (Search) |