My father's eyes
Song Title | My father's eyes (Search) |
Composer(s): | Jake Heggie |
Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (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 Line | In the light the moon (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 2013 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://psa.fcny.org/psa/awards/frost_and_shelley/frost_winners/2002/ |
Larger Work | From 'The Book of Nightmares' (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8V_dp4Oh1U |
Catalog Designation | No. 3 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | G#4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | A minor (Search) |
Premiered By | Lisa Delan (Search) |
Notes | Premiered May 19, 2013, Noe Valley Chamber Music 20th Anniversary Gala Concert, St. Mark's Church, San Francisco (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | http://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 voice | cello and piano (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Hyewon Kim (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |