Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben

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Song TitleUnd willst du deinen Liebsten sterben (Search)
Composer(s):Hugo Wolf
Author(s):Paul Heyse (after Traditional)
Keyword(s) & Features: Addressee: Lover; Appearances; Beautiful; Beauty; Beloved; Combing; Curled; Death; Dying; Gold; Grief; Hair; Innumerable; Lovers; Metaphor: Hair as Thread; Mourning; Pure; Seeing; Shoulders; Silk; Stirring; Thread; Wearing; Wind
First LineUnd willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1891 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=20357
Larger WorkItalienisches Liederbuch (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsTunnel über der Spree; Die Krokodile (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/41/IMSLP22874-PMLP52342-Wolf_-_Italienisches_Liederbuch_(Book_1).pdf#page=35
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/1CEG48RwjIHMh0eZ8Durze
Link to IPA Source https://www.ipasource.com/product/und-willst-du-deinen-liebsten-sterben-sehen-2/
Catalog DesignationNo. 17 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: Eb4 - Fb5 (Search)
Original KeyAb Major (Search)
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