The Apple Orchard

Song TitleThe Apple Orchard (Search)
Composer(s):Lori Laitman
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Dana Gioia
Keyword(s) & Features: Afternoon; Aisles; Alone; Apples; April; Arching; Bittersweet; Blossoms; Boys; Breathing; Bright; Burning; Bursting; Carpe Diem; Cathedrals; Cities; Climbing; Consuming; Countryside; Day; Desire; Dust; Empty; Ephemeral; Everything; Farms; Feeding; Flames; Flowers; Fragrant; Girls; Grasping; Groves; Hills; Innocence; Learning; Light; Lost; Lost Love; Love; Lovers; Luck; Memory; Metaphor: Forest as Cathedral; Metaphor: Love as Fire; Miles; Mingling; Moments; Nature; Orchards; Past; Past Love; Pastoral; Perfumes; Pure; Reaching; Regrets; Remembering; Rows; Seasons; Secrets; Spinning; Spring; Standing; Stopping; Trees; Walking; Wandering; Wanting; Young Love
First LineYou won't remember it - the apple orchard (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 2004 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/apple-orchard/
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/5EuS16cWazAf6D5oyQYozK
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano or Tenor
Range: B3 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyBb Major (Search)
NotesAvailable in soprano/tenor, mezzo-soprano/baritone, and bass keys. The reference to gender of the speaker mentioned in the first line of the second stanza ("A city boy/girl...") may be altered to suit the performer. (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://lorilaitman.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/7.html (Search)
ContributorGTM , Mikaela Pace (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Texas Tech University (Search)
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