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Despair
Song Title
Despair (
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Composer(s):
Franz Joseph Haydn
Author(s):
Anne Hunter
Author Underrepresented Group
Woman (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Aiding
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Anguish
;
Betraying
;
Breasts
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Bursting
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Compassion
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Cures
;
Dead
;
Death
;
Despair
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Dew
;
Dying
;
Fate
;
Freedom
;
Graves
;
Hearts
;
Lamenting
;
Longing
;
Mourning
;
Pain
;
Peaceful
;
Pity
;
Rest
;
Sad
;
Sighs
;
Silent
;
Sleeping
;
Sorrow
;
Tears
;
Thoughts
;
Tongues
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Unrequited Love
;
Yearning
First Line
The anguish of my bursting heart (
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Average Duration
3:45 (
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Year of composition
1784 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8569
Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/e/eb/IMSLP292750-SIBLEY1802.17441.707a-39087012010452score.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/1UAQb3ndx76Av7A9kjbjDw
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/despair-2/
Catalog Designation
Hob. XXVIa no. 28 (
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Range:
Eb4 - Eb5 (
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Original Key
E Major (
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Contributor
JEM (
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