Wohl lag' ich einst in Gram und Schmerz (Time was, when I in anguish lay)

Song TitleWohl lag' ich einst in Gram und Schmerz (Search)
Title in EnglishTime was, when I in anguish lay (Search)
Composer(s):Charles T. Griffes
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Emanuel Geibel
Keyword(s) & Features: Breasts; Contrast: Joy vs. Grief; Contrast: Pleasure vs. Pain; Crying; Emotions; Grief; Happiness; Hearts; Heaven; High; Joy; Kingdoms; Pain; Past; Pleasure; Similar; Suffering; Tears
First LineWohl lag' ich einst in Gram und Schmerz (Search)
Average Duration0:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1909 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=1031922
Larger WorkFive German Poems (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsDie Krokodile (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d4/IMSLP333973-SIBLEY1802.25625.aaa8-39087011989649score.pdf#page=27
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqIh_V9cHTU
Catalog DesignationNo. 5 (A. 7) (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: E4 - G#5 (Search)
Original KeyB Major (Search)
Dedicated ToGeraldine Farrar (Search)
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