Parted
Song Title | Parted (Search) |
Composer(s): | William Grant Still |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Paul Laurence Dunbar |
Author Underrepresented Group | African-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 Line | She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies, (Search) |
Average Duration | 0:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1949 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/parted/ |
Larger Work | Songs of Separation (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fDEI6GVyEU |
Catalog Designation | No. 3 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | C3 - G4 (Search) |
Original Key | F Major (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | piano quintet (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Adriel Baralt Jimenez (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |