Les silhouettes
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | Les silhouettes (Search) |
Composer(s): | John Alden Carpenter |
Author(s): | Oscar Wilde |
Author Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Bays; Birds; Boats; Boys; Danger; Dead; Dull; Dusky; Foreshadowing; Grass; Impressionism; Laughing; Moon; Ominous; Out of Tune; Reapers; Sailors; Sand; Seas; Silhouettes; Sky; Sorrow; Stormy; Symbols; Tempestuous; Wind; Withered |
First Line | The sea is fleck'd with bars of gray (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:30 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1913 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17457 |
Larger Work | Four Songs for a Medium voice (Search) |
Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Aestheticism; Decadence (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/7/75/IMSLP110100-SIBLEY1802.15245.1e97-39087012000206silhouettes.pdf |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/2U20gqFD9tlIocQNPggdvv?si=0zBe6OJQRzuof07EcDCnCA |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Four Songs for a Medium voice, no. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | C4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
Sources Cited | https://imslp.org/wiki/4_Songs_(Carpenter%2C_John_Alden) http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=17457 (Search) |
Contributor | EM , Ellen Moffatt (Search) |