The Return from Town

Song TitleThe Return from Town (Search)
Composer(s):Timothy Hoekman
Author(s):Edna St. Vincent Millay
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Appearances; Attractiveness; Bathing; Beauty; Boys; Bridges; Dipping; Dusty; Faithfulness; Feet; Following; Gates; Girls; Hills; Hollows; Journeys; Lads; Maids; Meeting; Men; Passing; Pretty; Return; Sad; Sitting; Standing; Streams; Towns; Turning; Walking; Wives; Youths
First LineAs I sat down by Saddle Stream (Search)
Average Duration1:15 (Search)
Year of composition 2009 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11431
Larger WorkFive Poems of Edna St. Vincent Millay (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (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. 3 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: F4 - F#5 (Search)
Original KeyG 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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