Parted

Song TitleParted (Search)
Composer(s):William Grant Still
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Paul Laurence Dunbar
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Barters; Commitments; Complaints; Confessing; Deceit; Divorce; Gaining; Lace; Lies; Marriage; Martyrs; Metaphor: Marriage as Bet; Parting; Pinning; Prime; Prizes; Saints; Separation; Souls; Staking; Swearing; Thinking; Weddings; Winning; Wrapping
First LineShe wrapped her soul in a lace of lies, (Search)
Average Duration0:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1949 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/parted/
Larger WorkSongs of Separation (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fDEI6GVyEU
Catalog DesignationNo. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: C3 - G4 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Other instrumentation and voicepiano quintet (Search)
ContributorGTM , Adriel Baralt Jimenez (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Georgia Southern University (Search)
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