It Was a Lover and His Lass
Song Title | It Was a Lover and His Lass (Search) |
Composer(s): | Gerard Barton |
Author(s): | William Shakespeare |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Birds; Carol; Carpe Diem; Corn; Country; Double Entendre; Fields; Flowers; Folks; Hey Noni Noni; Joy; Lasses; Life; Lovers; Lying; Pastoral; Prime; Relaxation; Rye; Spring; Time |
First Line | It was a lover and his lass, (Search) |
Year of composition | 1903 (Search) Circa |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14870 |
Larger Work | 3 Shakespeare Songs, No. 1 (Search) |
Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/3_Shakespeare_Songs_(Barton%2C_Gerard) |
Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Bass or Baritone |
Range: | G2 - D4 (Search) |
Original Key | C Major (Search) |
Notes | From As you like it (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | American Art Songs of the Turn of the Century; ISBN 0-486-26749-0 (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Mishelle Cipriani (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | University of Utah (Search) |