Till I Wake - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Till I Wake - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Henry Thacker Burleigh |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
| Author(s): | Adela Florence Nicolson (as Laurence Hope) |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Afterlife; Awakening; Comfort; Death; Drooping; Dying; Hope; Kisses; Leaning; Lips; Love; Lulling; Metaphor: Lover as Rose; Mouths; Roses; Separation; Sleep; Soft; South; Tender; Touch; Transitions; Waking; Wind |
| First Line | When I am dying, lean over me (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1915 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8328 |
| Larger Work | Five Songs of Laurence Hope (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Orientalism; Exoticism; (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://imslp.org/wiki/5_Songs_of_Laurence_Hope_(Burleigh,_Harry_Thacker)#IMSLP238246 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/0uUrI1zh919My6BVj5JWik?si=OGQBxxorQrKVegQ3rZfbUw |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/Young Artist (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | no. 5 (Search) |
| Range: | D#4 - Bb5 (Search) |
| Original Key | D minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | John McCormack, tenor, and Edwin Schneider, piano (Search) |
| Notes | Adela Florence Nicolson (née Cory) wrote under the pseudonym Laurence Hope. She lived most of her adult life in India, and her poems often show Indian or other Eastern influence, as well as unbridled sensuality. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.worldcat.org/title/five-songs-of-laurence-hope/oclc/682120505&referer=brief_results (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | No (Search) |
| Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
| Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM , Erin Brochu (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | University of Connecticut (Search) |