My father's eyes

Song TitleMy father's eyes (Search)
Composer(s):Jake Heggie
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Galway Kinnell
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Child; Angels; Brevity of Life; Childhood; Children; Contrast: Past vs. Present; Death; Death of a Loved One; Eyes; Far; Fatherhood; Fathers; Hands; Kites; Last; Letting Go; Life; Light; Looks; Memory; Moon; Moonlight; Mortal; One Octave or Less; Parenthood; Past; Seeing; Sending; Speaker: Father; Strings; Tiny; Twilight; Waving; Wobbling
First LineIn the light the moon (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 2013 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://psa.fcny.org/psa/awards/frost_and_shelley/frost_winners/2002/
Larger WorkFrom 'The Book of Nightmares' (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8V_dp4Oh1U
Catalog DesignationNo. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: G#4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
Premiered ByLisa Delan (Search)
NotesPremiered May 19, 2013, Noe Valley Chamber Music 20th Anniversary Gala Concert, St. Mark's Church, San Francisco (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttp://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&search_in_description=1&categories_id=108&keyword=from+the+book+of+nightmares (Search)
Other instrumentation and voicecello and piano (Search)
ContributorGTM , Hyewon Kim (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Georgia Southern University (Search)
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