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Erntelied
Song Title
Erntelied (
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Composer(s):
Felix Mendelssohn
Author(s):
Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features:
Afterlife
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Basil
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Beginning
;
Being Careful
;
Beware
;
Blue
;
Bravery
;
Calling
;
Campanulas
;
Celestial
;
Circle of Life
;
Colors
;
Comfort
;
Crowns
;
Cutting
;
Death
;
Delicate
;
Destroying
;
Earth
;
Encouraging
;
Fair one
;
Falling
;
Fear
;
Fields
;
Fleeting
;
Flowers
;
Fresh
;
Gardens
;
Gods
;
Gold
;
Green
;
Growth
;
Hastening
;
Heaven
;
Hundreds
;
Hyacinths
;
Imperial
;
Impermanence
;
Inescapable
;
Inevitability
;
Invitations
;
Irises
;
Killing
;
Knives
;
Lavender
;
Legends
;
Life
;
Lilies
;
Metaphor: Death as Comfort
;
Murdering
;
Mythology
;
Narcissus
;
Nature
;
Nobility
;
Omens
;
One Octave or Less
;
Ornaments
;
Posies
;
Power
;
Pride
;
Reaper
;
Rejoicing
;
Rosemary
;
Roses
;
Ruffles
;
Salvation
;
Scythes
;
Silver
;
Sinking
;
Sky
;
Sparing
;
Steps
;
Stories
;
Suffering
;
Supernatural
;
Thousand
;
Today
;
Tomorrow
;
Transporting
;
Tulips
;
Turkish
;
Veronicas
;
Violets
;
Waiting
;
Warning
;
White
;
Wounds
;
Yellow
First Line
Es ist ein Schnitter, der heißt Tod (
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Average Duration
3:30 (
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Year of composition
1824 - 1827
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=28883
Larger Work
Zwölf Gesänge (
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Musical Form
Modified strophic (
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Original Language
German (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/a/aa/IMSLP92572-PMLP62960-Mendelssohn_Lieder_tief_Peters_9995_Op_8_filter.pdf#page=6
Audio Source
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNBfBvnrWyI
Link to IPA Source
https://www.ipasource.com/product/erntelied-2/
Catalog Designation
Op. 8 no. 4 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Medium voice
Range:
D4 - D5 (
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Original Key
A minor (
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