O Mary, at Thy Window Be

Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel

Song TitleO Mary, at Thy Window Be (Search)
Composer(s):Ludwig van Beethoven
Author(s):Robert Burns
Keyword(s) & Features: All; At Least; Beating; Biding; Blithe; Brave; Breaking; Dances; Dancing; Dying; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Fair; Fancy; Faults; Giving; Glad; Glances; Halls; Hardships; Hearts; Hours; Lighting; Love; Love Song; Loving; Mary; Misers; Missing; Morison, Mary; Not Hearing; Not Seeing; Peace; Pity; Poor; Rewards; Rich; Sake; Saying; Scottish Dialect; Seeing; Showing; Sighing; Sitting; Slaves; Smiles; Storms; Strings; Sun; Taking; Thoughts; Toast; Towns; Treasure; Trembling; Trysts; Weary; Windows; Wings; Wishing; Yestreen
First LineO Mary, at thy window be / Mariechen, komm an’s Fensterlein (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1817 (Search)
Larger Work25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsRomanticism; Liberalism; Socialism; National poet of Scotland; Scottish Makar tradition; Republicanism; Anticlericalism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Scots dialect) (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/a8/IMSLP53078-PMLP98037-Beethoven_Werke_Breitkopf_Serie_24_No_257_Op_108.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/75ataolGM4eBjEVHy0d7Bb
Catalog DesignationOp. 108, No. 17 (Search)
Complete Edition ReferenceBeethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 85 (Search)
Range: D4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyD Major (Search)
NotesNational poet of Scotland (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (Search)
Sources Citedhttp://www.dsl.ac.uk (Search)
If you have suggestions or corrections for this song, please enter them below and click submit.

Your Email (Optional):