Abendlied

Song TitleAbendlied (Search)
Composer(s):Felix Mendelssohn
Author(s):Johann Heinrich Voss
Keyword(s) & Features: Afterlife; Asking; Blessing; Cold; Comfort; Contentment; Day; Death; Ease; Ending; Evening; Faithfulness; Far away; Fields; Fulfillment; Gentle; God the Father; Heat; Heaven; Metaphor: Death as Comfort; Night; One Octave or Less; Peace; Permission; Prayers; Promises; Religion; Resting; Salvation; Sleep; Stars; Stillness; Villages; Working; World
First LineDas Tagewerk ist abgetan (Search)
Average Duration1:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1824 - 1827 (Search)
Larger WorkZwölf Gesänge (Search)
Musical FormStrophic (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsGöttinger Hainbund (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=22
Audio Source https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DraQMkRDD-s
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/abendlied-6/
Catalog DesignationOp. 8 no. 9 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: D4 - C5 (Search)
Original KeyEb Major (Search)
NotesAlso available in high key (F Major) (Search)
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