Skylark and Nightingale

Song TitleSkylark and Nightingale (Search)
Composer(s):John Ireland
Author(s):Christina Georgina Rossetti
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Beauty; Birds; Children; Corn; Earth; Evening; Fields; Heaven; Landscapes; Larks; Moonlight; Morning; Mothers; Nature; Nightingales; One Octave or Less; Singing; Summer; Sunlight; Thinking; Wondering
First LineWhen a mounting skylark sings in the sunlit summer morn (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1918 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=13944
Larger WorkMother and Child (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/8/82/IMSLP285578-SIBLEY1802.18687.d48b-39087012051480score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZkHcLAlogMoQ2JbbUp01K
Difficulty LevelHS (Search)
Catalog DesignationMother and Child, no. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: Eb4 - Eb5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToThe composer's sister (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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