On the day when death will knock at they door

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Song TitleOn the day when death will knock at they door (Search)
Composer(s):John Alden Carpenter
Author(s):Rabindranath Tagore
Author Underrepresented GroupPOC (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Autumn; Busy; Close; Day; Death; Doors; Empty; Fullness; Gifts; Guests; Hands; Impending Death; Knocking; Life; Life’s Bounty; Metaphor: Death as Guest; Metaphor: Life as Vessel; Metaphor: Life as Wine; Night; Offering; Part of a Song Cycle; Peace in Death; Personification: Death; Rest in death; Summer; Vessels; Wages; Wine
First LineOn the day when death will knock at thy door (Search)
Average Duration3:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1913 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=15550
Larger WorkGitanjali (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsContextual Modernism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/0/05/IMSLP250098-SIBLEY1802.17299.f2bf-39087012077733score.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0lB3IeWo8Bu32fiu2zUPxX?si=qv3fAQM8Qn-uB-jUF8FjVA
Difficulty LevelCollege (Search)
Range: C4 - F4 (Search)
Original KeyD minor (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceG. Schirmer, HL.50326130 (Search)
ContributorJC (Search)
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