Prelude
| Song Title | Prelude (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Sir Landon Ronald |
| Author(s): | Harold Simpson |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Anguish; Banks; Brevity of Life; Calling; Dark; Day; Embarking; End; Eyes; Falling; Hands; Impermanence; Imploring; Life; Lingering; Living; Long; Love; Loving; Meaning of Life; Metaphor: Life as River; Part of a Song Cycle; Personification: Life; Personification: Love; Praying; Reaping; Relentless; Rivers; Smiles; Soft; Sowing; Standing; Tears; Unknowing; Yearning; Years |
| First Line | Life, with here a smile, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1906 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=43050 |
| Larger Work | A Cycle of Life: Five Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/93/IMSLP515070-PMLP153944-RonaldLifeL.pdf#page=2 |
| Catalog Designation | no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | B3 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | F Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Madame Melba (Search) |
| Premiered By | Madame Melba (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low and high keys (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |