Life

Song TitleLife (Search)
Composer(s):Vittorio Giannini
Author(s):Karl Flaster
Keyword(s) & Features: Bosoms; Breath; Brevity of Life; Carpe Diem; Contrast: Life vs. Death; Currents; Dead; Death; Deep; Drinking; Fainting; Flowing; Foaming; Impermanence; Life; Merry; Metaphor: Life as River; Personification: River; Riding; Rivers; Seas; Souls; Swift; Tomorrow; Waters
First LineLife is a swift, deep river. (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=940977
Larger WorkThree Oriental Chants (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://youtu.be/0VZx7D6Wf04
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: D4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyD minor (Search)
Dedicated ToThe composer's sister, Dusolina (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.worldcat.org/title/twenty-four-songs-by-vittorio-giannini-and-karl-flaster/oclc/34965534&referer=brief_results (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://www.jstor.org/stable/3051696?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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