On the idle hill of Summer

Song TitleOn the idle hill of Summer (Search)
Composer(s):Arthur Somervell
Author(s):A. E. Housman (Alfred Edward)
Author Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Bones; Bugles; Comrades; Dead; Dreams; Drummers; Drums; Dying; Fighting; Flowing; 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 LineOn the idle hill of summer (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1904 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8380
Larger WorkA Shropshire Lad (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
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 LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationA Shropshire Lad, no. 6 (Search)
Range: C#4 - D#5 (Search)
Original KeyB Major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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