Blindes Schauen, dunkle Leuchte

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Song TitleBlindes Schauen, dunkle Leuchte (Search)
Composer(s):Hugo Wolf
Author(s):Paul Heyse (after Rodrigo Cota de Maguaque)
Keyword(s) & Features: Anger; Bitterness; Blessing; Blind; Complaining; Cruel Love; Curses; Dark; Dead; Disasters; Ended Relationships; False; Gall; Glory; Grief; Insomnia; Joyful; Life; Light; Love; Opposites; Peace; Pleasure; Promising; Salvation; Seeing; Shining; Sleep; Sorrow; Spain; Spanish; Sweet; Thirsty; Trembling; Wars; Weeping; Wet
First LineBlindes Schauen (Search)
Average Duration1:00 (Search)
Year of composition 1889 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.oxfordlieder.co.uk/song/1784
Larger WorkSpanisches Liederbuch: Weltliche Lieder (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/3/35/IMSLP22867-PMLP52324-Wolf_-_Spanisches_Liederbuch_(Weltliche_Lieder).pdf#page=28
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/0dvceOx84E8r6hvVJ8Pizp?si=7VChvS1OS8-TGF6B6jFr_w
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/blindes-schauen-dunkle-leuchte-2/
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 9 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium/High voice
Range: F#4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyB minor (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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