To losers
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | To losers (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Marion Eugénie Bauer |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; Jewish (Search) |
| Author(s): | Frances Frost |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Accusing; Air; Birds; Breasts; Broken; Comfort; Deceit; Disappointment; Emptiness; Ferns; Granite; Haste; Hawks; Hearts; Hills; Losers; Losing; Loss; Metaphor: Heart as Bird; Mute; Nature; Power of Nature; Rocks; Still; Voices; Wings |
| First Line | And if you lose be still As a stricken hawk upon a granite hill (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1932 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://library2.up.edu/theses/2008_shewberts.pdf |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Range: | B3 - Fb5 (Search) |
| Notes | Because of its strong dissonances, “To Losers” is best suited to singers with advanced musicianship/comfort with 20th/21st century music (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Hildegard Publishing Company, “Marion Bauer, Six Songs,” http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681420527 (Search) |