The Clown
| Song Title | The Clown (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Dame Ethel Smyth |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Maurice Baring |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Captive; Captivity; Cells; Chains; Chance; Clowns; Dances; Dancing; Dark; Dungeons; Eternal; Feet; Fettering; Fleas; Foam; Free; Hallucinations; Hands; Hearts; Heavy; Horses; Imagination; Legs; Metaphor: Person as Flea; Metaphor: Soul as Horse; Muffling; Music; Personification: Stars; Poor; Prisoners; Prisons; Reins; Sand; Silly; Souls; Sound; Sparks; Stars; Strings; White |
| First Line | There was once a poor clown all dressed in white, (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1913 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=46445 |
| Larger Work | Three Songs (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/394162 |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAWZrmKlAiM |
| Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Mezzo-soprano or Baritone |
| Range: | B3 - Gb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E minor (Search) |
| Notes | Also set to a German text by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann. (Search) |
| Contributor | Meghann Ashey , Hyewon Kim (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |