To Music, to becalm his Fever
| Song Title | To Music, to becalm his Fever (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ned Rorem |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Robert Herrick |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afterlife; Asleep; Baptism; Beds; Charming; Day; Death; Delight; Dew; Dying; Ease; Expiring; Fevers; Fire; Flames; Flight; Flowers; Heaven; Ill; Killing; Light; Magic; Melting; Metaphor: Fever as Fire; Music; Pains; Personification: Music; Poor; Power; Power of Music; Ravishing; Repose; Roses; Severing; Showers; Sick; Sickness; Silent; Slumber; Soft; Sound; Strains; Weeping |
| First Line | Charm me asleep, and melt me so (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1950 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7918 |
| Larger Work | Flight for Heaven (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076273086 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/1Sh6yNhBzLeOJyU3QLg9SG?si=BFCjxp1dSficVhFzRavwmg |
| Link to IPA Source | https://www.ipasource.com/product/to-music-to-becalm-his-fever-2/ |
| Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Bass |
| Range: | F#2 - Eb4 (Search) |
| Original Key | Cb Major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Doda Conrad (Search) |
| Notes | Optional pitch raises lowest pitch to A2; Cycle contains piano interlude. (Search) |
| Contributor | SHK (Search) |