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Life
Song Title
Life (
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Composer(s):
Vittorio Giannini
Author(s):
Karl Flaster
Keyword(s) & Features:
Bosoms
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Breath
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Brevity of Life
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Carpe Diem
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Contrast: Life vs. Death
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Currents
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Dead
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Death
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Deep
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Drinking
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Fainting
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Flowing
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Foaming
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Impermanence
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Life
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Merry
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Metaphor: Life as River
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Personification: River
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Riding
;
Rivers
;
Seas
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Souls
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Swift
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Tomorrow
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Waters
First Line
Life is a swift, deep river. (
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Average Duration
2:30 (
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Link to English Text Online
https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=940977
Larger Work
Three Oriental Chants (
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Musical Form
Through-composed (
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Original Language
English (
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Audio Source
https://youtu.be/0VZx7D6Wf04
Difficulty Level
College (
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Catalog Designation
No. 1 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
D4 - A5 (
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Original Key
D minor (
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Dedicated To
The composer's sister, Dusolina (
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Recommended Printed Source
https://www.worldcat.org/title/twenty-four-songs-by-vittorio-giannini-and-karl-flaster/oclc/34965534&referer=brief_results
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Sources Cited
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3051696?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
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Contributor
GTM (
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