A Green Lowland of Pianos
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | A Green Lowland of Pianos (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Czesław Miłosz (after Jerzy Harasymowicz) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Animals; Artistic; Audiences; Black; Chords; Concert Halls; Cows; Entrancing; Evening; Flowers; Frogs; Gestures; Green; Gurgling; Herds; Imagination; Indifference; Instruments; Knees; Landscapes; Listening; Lowlands; Lying; Metaphor: Piano as Cow; Milking; Mire; Moon; Music; Nature; Observing; Pianos; Rapture; Scandals; Spontaneity; Sudden; Surrealism; Ushers; Vacations; Water; White |
| First Line | in the evening (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1972 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://hampsongfoundation.org/resource/samuel-barber/#pianos |
| Larger Work | 3 Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Modified strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Solidarity (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/23A92EjGyxLiw9ugRoPTNU |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 45 no. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | C4 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Ab Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Dietrich Fischer Dieskau; Charles Wadsworth (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in high key (Bb Major) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Heyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search) |