Erntelied

Song TitleErntelied (Search)
Composer(s):Felix Mendelssohn
Author(s):Traditional
Keyword(s) & Features: Afterlife; Basil; 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 LineEs ist ein Schnitter, der heißt Tod (Search)
Average Duration3:30 (Search)
Year of composition 1824 - 1827 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=28883
Larger WorkZwölf Gesänge (Search)
Musical FormModified strophic (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
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 DesignationOp. 8 no. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: D4 - D5 (Search)
Original KeyA minor (Search)
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