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Light, my light
Song Title
Light, my light (
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Composer(s):
Arthur Shepherd
Author(s):
Rabindranath Tagore
Author Underrepresented Group
POC (
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Keyword(s) & Features:
Addressee: Light
;
Addressee: Lover
;
Banks
;
Beauty
;
Butterflies
;
Chords
;
Clouds
;
Connection to Nature
;
Crests
;
Dancing
;
Drowning
;
Earth
;
Everywhere
;
Eyes
;
Filling
;
Floods
;
Flowers
;
Gems
;
Gladness
;
Gold
;
Hearts
;
Heaven
;
Imagery
;
Impressionism
;
Jasmine
;
Joy
;
Kissing
;
Laughter
;
Leaves
;
Life
;
Light
;
Lilies
;
Love
;
Metaphor: Light as Sea
;
Metaphor: Love as Musical Instrument
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Metaphor: Wings as Sails
;
Nature
;
Opening
;
Plants
;
Rivers
;
Running
;
Sails
;
Scattering
;
Seas
;
Shattering
;
Sky
;
Spreading
;
Striking
;
Surging
;
Sweetening
;
Waves
;
Wild
;
Wind
;
World
First Line
Light, my light, the world-filling light, (
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Average Duration
4:00 (
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Year of composition
1927 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=15556
Larger Work
Triptych for High Voice and String Quartet (
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Original Language
English (
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Score Source
https://imslp.org/wiki/Special:ReverseLookup/429007
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNnewB4dwQI
Catalog Designation
No. 3 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
High voice
Range:
E4 - G5 (
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Original Key
E minor (
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Dedicated To
Adella Prentiss Hughes (
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Other instrumentation and voice
Voice and string quartet (
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Contributor
GTM (
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