Song of a Second April

Song TitleSong of a Second April (Search)
Composer(s):Timothy Hoekman
Author(s):Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Former Lover; April; Brooks; Butterflies; Caring; Children; Chores; Contrast: Emotional Distress vs. Natural Beauty; Day; Dazzling; Deep; Dingy; Doors; Earnest; Gray; Hammering; Hepaticas; Hillsides; Keeping; Large; Lost Love; Memory; Men; Merry; Missing; Mud; Mullein; Nature; Noisy; Orchards; Past; Past Love; Pensive; Play; Pleasing; Regret; Ringing; Running; Seasons; Separation; Sheep; Shingles; Sighs; Small; Snow; Spring; Stalks; Still; Streams; Sun; Swift; Tapping; Whispers; Woodpeckers; Years
First LineApril this year, not otherwise (Search)
Average Duration2:30 (Search)
Year of composition 2009 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://poets.org/poem/song-second-april
Larger WorkFive Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://www.classicalvocalrep.com/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=five+poems+of+edna
Difficulty LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 2 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: D4 - A5 (Search)
Original KeyF Major (Search)
Dedicated ToCarla Connors (Search)
Premiered ByCarla Connors and Timothy Hoekman (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceFive Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay: Classical Vocal Reprints, catalog # CVR 4583 (Search)
ContributorGTM , Timothy Hoekman (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Florida State University (Search)
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