Lo! here the gentle lark
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Jacquelyn MatavaSong Title | Lo! here the gentle lark (Search) |
Composer(s): | Sir Henry Rowley Bishop |
Author(s): | William Shakespeare |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Admiration; Birds; Bright; Dawn; Gentle; Gods; Gold; High; Larks; Light; Majesty; Melismas; Morning; Mothers; Mythology; Nature; Rest; Silver; Sons; Stars; Sun; Sunrise; Venus; Waking; Weary |
First Line | Lo here the gentle lark weary of rest (Search) |
Average Duration | 4:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1819 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=22373 |
Larger Work | The Comedy of Errors (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/3dKndPT2Hd6lGDPn8IxIfS?si=Fh56REm3TtStLS5adKnDJQ |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | F4 - A5 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Premiered By | Miss Stephens (Search) |
Notes | Text from Venus and Adonis (Search) |
Orchestra and voice? | Yes (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Voice, piano, flute (Search) |