Before the Squall
| Song Title | Before the Squall (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Dame Ethel Smyth |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | Arthur Symons |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Dancers; Death; Divining; Drifting; Dust; Dusty; Flying; Foam; Grey; Hammering; Hands; Horizon; Land; Leaping; Lines; Liquid; Metaphor: Sky as Wall; Metaphor: Waves as Dancers; Moaning; Nature; Oceans; Offing; Personification: Seas; Resting; Ridges; Rising; Rocky; Sails; Sand; Scattering; Seas; Seascapes; Ships; Sky; Sleeping; Squalls; Storms; Uneasy; Uplifting; Visible; Walls; White; Wild; Wind; Windy |
| First Line | The wind is rising on the sea. (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1913 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=26876 |
| Larger Work | 3 Moods of the Sea (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Symbolism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5puo06Qf2U |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Medium/High voice |
| Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Brittany Jelinski (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |