The Apple Orchard
Song Title | The Apple Orchard (Search) |
Composer(s): | Lori Laitman |
Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (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 Line | You won't remember it - the apple orchard (Search) |
Average Duration | 3:45 (Search) |
Year of composition | 2004 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://songofamerica.net/song/apple-orchard/ |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5EuS16cWazAf6D5oyQYozK |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano or Tenor |
Range: | B3 - Ab5 (Search) |
Original Key | Bb Major (Search) |
Notes | Available 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 Source | https://lorilaitman.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/7.html (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Mikaela Pace (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Texas Tech University (Search) |