Cherry-Ripe

Song TitleCherry-Ripe (Search)
Composer(s):Ned Rorem
Composer Underrepresented GroupLGBTQ+ (Search)
Author(s):Robert Herrick
Keyword(s) & Features: Admiration; Advertising; Beauty; Buying; Cherries; Dealers; Growing; Julia; Lips; Metaphor: Lips as Cherry Plantation; Ripe; Smiling; Women
First LineCherry-Ripe, ripe, ripe (Search)
Average Duration1:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1950 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=25032
Larger WorkFlight for Heaven (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1076273086
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZbRP60lAQBYLnmu7qgFM3?si=vp8gr2lJS82xqxl1tX3O9A
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/cherry-ripe-2/
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerBass
Range: G2 - Bb3 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
Dedicated ToDoda Conrad (Search)
NotesCycle contains piano interlude. (Search)
ContributorSHK (Search)
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