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Schwertlied
Song Title
Schwertlied (
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Composer(s):
Franz Schubert
Author(s):
Theodor Körner
Keyword(s) & Features:
Abandoning
;
Anticipation
;
Anxious
;
Arms
;
Asking
;
Battles
;
Beauty
;
Beloved
;
Betrothals
;
Blessed
;
Blood
;
Blossoming
;
Bold
;
Brides
;
Bright
;
Calling
;
Cannons
;
Celebrations
;
Claiming
;
Conflicts
;
Contentment
;
Conversations
;
Crying
;
Curses
;
Dawn
;
Death
;
Devotion
;
Embracing
;
Enjoyment
;
Excitement
;
Extreme
;
Eyes
;
Fathers
;
Fighting
;
Firm
;
Freedom
;
Friendly
;
Frustration
;
Fulfillment
;
Furtive
;
Gardens
;
Garlands
;
German
;
Glances
;
Gleaming
;
Glistening
;
God
;
Grey
;
Grooms
;
Hands
;
Happiness
;
Hearts
;
Hot
;
Houses
;
Impatience
;
Invitations
;
Iron
;
Joy
;
Keen
;
Knights
;
Leading
;
Leaving
;
Left
;
Liberty
;
Lips
;
Lives
;
Longing
;
Looking
;
Love
;
Loyalty
;
Magnificent
;
Marriage
;
Men
;
Metaphor: Sword as Bride
;
Morning
;
Mouths
;
Multiple Speakers
;
Narrow
;
Night
;
Ownership
;
Patience
;
Personification: Swords
;
Pressing
;
Processions
;
Purpose
;
Questioning
;
Rattling
;
Receiving
;
Red
;
Remaining
;
Responding
;
Rooms
;
Roses
;
Sheaths
;
Singing
;
Sparks
;
Sprightly
;
Steel
;
Sunshine
;
Swords
;
Trumpets
;
Trusting
;
Valiant
;
Visible
;
Waiting
;
Wanting
;
Warfare
;
Warmth
;
Warriors
;
Weapons
;
Weddings
;
Wild
;
Wives
;
Worn
First Line
Du Schwert an meiner Linken (
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Average Duration
1:45 (
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Year of composition
1815 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=117135
Musical Form
Strophic (
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Original Language
German (
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Score Source
https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/9/9a/IMSLP14327-SchubertD170_Schwertlied.pdf
Audio Source
https://open.spotify.com/track/5PlYy94jAUXCi1jUE3HZqr
Catalog Designation
D. 170 (
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Voice part suggested by composer
Tenor
Range:
C4 - G5 (
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Original Key
C Major (
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Notes
Composed March 12 (
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Other instrumentation and voice
Voice, unison chorus, piano (
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Contributor
GTM (
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