O Swiftly Glides the Bonny Boat
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Susan McDaniel| Song Title | O Swiftly Glides the Bonny Boat (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Ludwig van Beethoven |
| Author(s): | Joanna Baillie |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Boats; Bonny; Community; Contentment; Exists in Composer-sanctioned Translation; Fishermen; Fishing; Gliding; Journeys; Largo Bay; Magic; Mermaids; Nets; Oars; Protection; Seas; Storms; Swift; Toiling; Treasures; Water Sprites; Witches |
| First Line | O swiftly glides the bonny boat/Wie gleitet schnell das leichte Boot (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1815 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/3766 |
| Larger Work | 25 Schottische Lieder (London/Edinburgh 1818, Berlin 1822) (Search) |
| Musical Form | Strophic (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (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/55yDif3aPTGBp3iyXtHuPY |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 108, No. 19 (Search) |
| Complete Edition Reference | Beethoven Werke (Henle, 1994-2014) 11/1, 97 (Search) |
| Range: | Solo: C#4 - F#5 |
| Original Key | D Major (Search) |
| Notes | Poet was a playwright (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | (1818) Voice, Violin, Violoncello, Piano. (1822 includes Flute) (Search) |
| More Than One Voice? | Solo voice & 4-part chorus (Search) |