| Song Title | Come unto these yellow sands (Search)
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| Composer(s): | Sir Michael Tippett |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | William Shakespeare |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Animals; Ariel; Barking; Beaches; Bearing; Bow-wow; Burdens; Carefree; Chanticleer; Cock-a-diddle Dow; Crying; Curtsying; Dancing; Dogs; Freedom; Hands; Hark; Invitations; Kisses; Music; Nature; Oceans; Romance; Sand; Shores; Songs; Spirits; Sprites; Strains; Strutting; Sweet; The Tempest; Waves; Wild; Yellow |
| First Line | Come unto these yellow sands (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:45 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
1962 (Search) No. 1 |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14880 |
| Larger Work | Songs for Ariel (adapted from the Tempest Suite) (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Elizabethan poetry and drama (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Audio Source |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPKx5Xgp_HQ
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| Range: | D3 - Eb4 (Search) |
| Premiered By | Grayston Burgess (Search) |
| Notes | Premiered September 21, 1962, Fenton House, London; Grayston Burgess, countertenor; Virginia Pleasants, piano (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | flute/piccolo, clarinet, French horn, percussion, harpsichord, and voice (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Mackenzie Vann (Search)
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| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |
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