| Song Title | Full fathom five (Search)
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| Composer(s): | Sir Michael Tippett |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | William Shakespeare |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Ariel; Bells; Bodies; Bones; Coral; Corpses; Dead; Death; Ding Dong; Drowning; Eyes; Fading; Fathers; Fathoms; Ferdinand; Hearing; Knells; Lying; Metamorphoses; Metaphor: Bones as Coral; Metaphor: Eyes as Pearls; Mystical; Nymphs; Pearls; Rich; Ringing; Sea-change; Seas; Spirits; Strange; Suffering; The Tempest; Water |
| First Line | Full fathom five my father lies. (Search) |
| Average Duration | 1:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
1962 (Search) No. 2 |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=14858 |
| 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=qtw3kYk-1dU
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| 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 (Search)
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