Ach, wie lang die Seele schlummert!

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Song TitleAch, wie lang die Seele schlummert! (Search)
Composer(s):Hugo Wolf
Author(s):Emanuel Geibel (after Anonymous)
Keyword(s) & Features: Angels; Awakening; Children; Choirs; Christmas; Day; Dazzling; Deaf; Eyes; Fearful; God; Heavy; Holy; Imagining; Intoxication; Jesus; Light; Long; Longing; Mercy; Night; Personification: Soul; Poisons; Redemption; Religious; Sins; Sleeping; Slumbering; Smiling; Songs; Souls; Sweet; Time; Weeping; Yearning
First LineAch, wie lang die Seele schlummert (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1889 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=112859
Larger WorkSpanisches Liederbuch: Geistliche Lieder (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/1/13/IMSLP22866-PMLP52324-Wolf_-_Spanisches_Liederbuch_(Geistliche_Lieder).pdf#page=25
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1zcKvOUiQU1XgEgHK2gZTT?si=JtJaLpWrT0K6ANgrnjq2yA
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/ach-wie-lang-die-seele-schlummert-2/
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 8 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: C4 - Ab5 (Search)
Original KeyEb major (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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