Church Bells at Night

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Song TitleChurch Bells at Night (Search)
Composer(s):Samuel Barber
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Howard Mumford Jones (after Anonymous)
Keyword(s) & Features: Bells; Churches; Contentment; Foolishness; Humorous; Keeping; Light; Night; Part of a Song Cycle; Promiscuity; Relationships; Solitude; Striking; Sweetness; Weather; Windy; Women
First LineSweet little bell, struck on a windy night, (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1952 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.listeningarts.com/music/art_song/sounds_and_texts/BarberTexts.htm
Larger WorkHermit Songs (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/3GiLsKLOPCXB4prASTUBv2
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Catalog DesignationOp. 29 no. 2 (Search)
Range: D#4 - C#5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Premiered ByLeontyne Price; Samuel Barber (Search)
Commissioned ByElizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search)
Sources CitedHeyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search)
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