Thy dark eyes to mine
Song Title | Thy dark eyes to mine (Search) |
Composer(s): | Charles T. Griffes |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | William Sharp (as Fiona Macleod) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Beauty; Bliss; Calling; Dark; Desire; Dreaming; Echoes; Eilidh; Eyes; Falling; Far; Fire; Heaven; Kisses; Lamps; Leaping; Light; Lost; Metaphor: Eyes as Lamps; Metaphor: Speaker as Star; Personification: Soul; Souls; Sounds; Stars; Whispers |
First Line | Thy dark eyes to mine, Eilidh (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1918 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=16553 |
Larger Work | Three poems by Fiona McLeod (Search) |
Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015007910352&view=1up&seq=5 |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Jk0ijigIOY |
Catalog Designation | Op. 11 no. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | Eb4 - Ab5 (Search) |
Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
Dedicated To | Marcia van Dresser (Search) |
Contributor | GTM (Search) |