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On the idle hill of Summer
Song Title
On the idle hill of Summer (
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Composer(s):
Arthur Somervell
Author(s):
A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward)
Author Underrepresented Group
LGBTQ+ (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Bones
;
Bugles
;
Comrades
;
Dead
;
Dreams
;
Drummers
;
Drums
;
Dying
;
Fighting
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Flowing
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Food
;
Forgotten
;
Friends
;
Hearing
;
Hills
;
Honoring
;
Idle
;
Lads
;
Lands
;
Leaving
;
Loud
;
Lovely
;
Marching
;
Military
;
Mourning
;
Nature
;
Rising
;
Roads
;
Scarlet
;
Screaming
;
Sleepy
;
Soldiers
;
Streams
;
Summer
;
Wars
First Line
On the idle hill of summer (
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Average Duration
2:15 (
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Year of composition
1904 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8380
Larger Work
A Shropshire Lad (
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Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fa/IMSLP529227-PMLP181824-ASomervell_A_Shropshire_Lad.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/33Cr6o8wnqfoo7NlWxLfVg?si=CBKYN9OaQFK-7E57Vfl7IQ
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/on-the-idle-hill-of-summer-2/
Difficulty Level
College (
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Catalog Designation
A Shropshire Lad, no. 6 (
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Range:
C#4 - D#5 (
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Original Key
B Major (
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Contributor
JEM (
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