Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Robert Frost |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Bells; Darkness; Deep; Downy; Easy; Evening; Farmhouses; Frozen; Harnesses; Horses; Houses; Journeys; Lakes; Lovely; Miles; Mistakes; Nature; Night; Peace; Promises; Queer; Quiet; Silence; Sleeping; Snow; Snowflakes; Snowy; Solitude; Sounds; Stopping; Sweeping; Traveling; Villages; Watching; Wind; Winter; Woods; Years |
| First Line | Whose woods these are I think I know (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1935 - 1936 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=5838 |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Modernism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1b9sEVXo9kErbsZVUhe6OJ |
| Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | B3 - D5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E major (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in high key (G 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) |
| Contributor | GTM , Jessica Veneto (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | The College of Saint Rose (Search) |