Once upon a universe
| Song Title | Once upon a universe (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Jake Heggie |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Gavin Geoffrey Dillard |
| Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Admonishing; Alleluia; Amen; Ants; Armies; Black Holes; Bliss; Boys; Breaking; Building; Catching; Childhood; Children; Cleaning; Cosmic; Creating; Creation; Destroying; Divine; End; Eternity; Falling Asleep; Fingers; Gluing; God; Humor; Ignominious; Incantations; Insisting; Little; Metaphor: God as Child; Motherhood; Mothers; Parents; People; Planets; Playing; Prayers; Sweeping; Temples; Thumbs; Toys; Universe; Up-tempo; Vast; Waste; Wiping; Young |
| First Line | Once, when God was a little boy, his mother caught him (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1999 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://gavindillard.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Once-Upon-a-Universe.pdf |
| Larger Work | Of Gods and Cats (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSNzMaiz0Q4 |
| Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
| Range: | Bb3 - G#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Jennifer Larmore (Search) |
| Commissioned By | Vija Nadai (Search) |
| Notes | Premiered May, 2000, Monte Carlo; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano; Antoine Palloc, piano (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Isabella Wallace (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |