Lad and Lass
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Lad and Lass (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Marion Eugénie Bauer |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; Jewish (Search) |
| Author(s): | Cale Young Rice |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Beauties; Birds; Bluebirds; Bluets; Cardinals; Changing Seasons; Cornflowers; Earth; Eyes; Fairies; Flowers; Fluttering; Hearts; Heaven; Kindling; Kingcups; Lads; Lasses; Lips; Love; Metaphor: Love as Spring; Moss; Personification: Birds; Personification: Flowers; Preaching; Robins; Singing; Spring; Storms; Trilling; Waking; Whispering; Wild |
| First Line | I heard the birds open their lips and whisper (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1915 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://tinyurl.com/yaspwesn |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Range: | D4 - F#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Hildegard Publishing Company, “Marion Bauer, Six Songs,” http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681420527 (Search) |