Ishtar (An Assyrian Love Song)
| Song Title | Ishtar (An Assyrian Love Song) (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Charles Gilbert Spross |
| Author(s): | Alfred H. Hyatt |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Goddess; Addressee: Ishtar; Anticipation; Assyrian; Beauty; Beloved; Breezes; Brief; Cool; Deep; Drawing Near; Exoticism; Eyes; Fading; Filling; Glorious; Goddesses; Golden; Happy; Hearts; Heaven; Ishtar (Inanna); Light; Love; Love Song; Lovers; Magic; Melodies; Moon; Music; Mythology; Nigh; Night; Plains; Queens; Rising; Romance; Songs; Speaking; Splendor; Starlight; Stars; Steps; Sweet; Tender; Voices; Waiting; Waking; Weaving; Wind; Words |
| First Line | Deep in the heart of heaven the stars now wake (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1911 (Search) Circa |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=285829 |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://hdl.handle.net/1802/23975 |
| Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
| Range: | Eb4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E minor (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Frederick Gunster (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low key of C minor (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM (Search) |