The year's at the spring

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Song TitleThe year's at the spring (Search)
Composer(s):Amy Marcy Beach
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Robert Browning
Keyword(s) & Features: Christian Worship Service; Contentment; Creation; Day; Dew; Exhilaration; God; God in Nature; Happiness; Heaven; Hillsides; Larks; Morning; Nature; Optimism; Seven; Snails; Spring; Thorns; Wings; World; Years
First LineThe year's at the spring (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1899 - 1900 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=3255
Larger WorkThree Browning Songs (Search)
Musical FormAAB (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsVictorian (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/6/6f/IMSLP522898-PMLP152941-AMBeach_The_Years_at_the_Spring_highvoice.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/4fuT6afxAbUtkUovyAUGf1
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/the-years-at-the-spring-3/
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 51 no. 1 (Search)
Range: Ab4 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyDb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToBrowning Society of Boston (Search)
NotesAlso available in low key (Bb Major). Text from Browning’s dramatic verse, “Pippa passes.” (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceDa Capo Press, “Amy Beach, Twenty-Three Songs” (Search)
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