The Heart's Assurance
| Song Title | The Heart's Assurance (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Sir Michael Tippett |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Sidney Keyes |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Assurance; Baiting; Beasts; Blessing; Bound; Broken; Careless; Chains; Distress; Downcast; Fear; Fingers; Hearing; Hearts; Holy; Hunting; Limbs; Memorials; Metaphor: Pride as Beast; Movement; Never; Pacifism; Part of a Song Cycle; Personification: Heart; Personification: Pride; Praising; Pride; Raising; Requiems; Towns; Trust; Trusting; World War II |
| First Line | O never trust the heart's assurance (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1950 (Search) No. 2 |
| Larger Work | The Heart's Assurance (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0lFTOas74HGsRGFH4PoZEy |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Tenor |
| Range: | C3 - Ab4 (Search) |
| Contributor | Hyewon Kim (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |