Coyote Song

Song TitleCoyote Song (Search)
Composer(s):Marion Eugénie Bauer
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman; Jewish (Search)
Author(s):John Reed
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Coyotes; Ancient; Animals; Antelope; Beds; Bellowing; Bison; Brotherhood; Brothers; Buffalo; Bulls; Comets; Coyotes; Cries; Crimson; Crooning; Dawn; Day; Dead; Deer; Demons; Dying; Empty; Fading; Falling; Fathers; Fiery; Fleeing; Gray; Hanging; Hearing; Hooves; Howling; Hunger; Hungry; Hunting; Hunts; In Vain; Joining; Lean; Light; Men; Migration; Moon; Mourning; Nature; Night; Nostalgia; Past; Personification: Animals; Personification: Coyotes; Plains; Prairies; Raids; Red; Riding; Rumbling; Running; Sadness; Seeking; Shrieks; Speaker: Coyote; Starlight; Stars; Streaks; Tearing; Terror; Themes; Unseen; Warriors; White; Wild; Wind; Winter; Yearning
First LineAoo, my brothers, the moon is red, (Search)
Average Duration4:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1910 (Search) Circa
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=109881
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://oregondigital.org/catalog/oregondigital:fq977t78v#page/3/mode/1up
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLp5Qs26KBU
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano or Tenor
Range: D#4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyE Minor (Search)
Dedicated ToMr. Clarence Whitehill (Search)
Premiered ByKenneth Bingham (Search)
NotesPublished by Arthur P. Schmidt 1912, but not currently in print. This piece was published in two keys, but only the high key is accessible. (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://oregondigital.org/catalog/; https://www.lieder.net/; http://www.marionbauer.org/; (Search)
ContributorGTM , Jennifer Erickson (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Weber State University (Search)
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