Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Now I Have Fed and Eaten Up the Rose (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | James Joyce (after Gottfried Keller) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Afterlife; Amen; Believing; Bread; Burials; Coffins; Cold; Daily; Darkness; Death; Delivering; Eating; Evil; Faith; Feeding; Flowers; Food; Friendship; Gifts; Hands; Hope; Imagery; Life; Lord; Love; Prayers; Red; Religion; Roses; Stiff; White; Women; Wondering |
| First Line | Now have I fed and eaten up the rose (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1972 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/get_text.html?TextId=18577 |
| Larger Work | 3 Songs (Search) |
| Musical Form | Rounded binary (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Modernism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/6JtN16fEdLaUasqmpLFcMN |
| Difficulty Level | HS (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 45 no. 1 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Low voice |
| Range: | E4 - E5 (Search) |
| Original Key | A minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Dietrich Fischer Dieskau; Charles Wadsworth (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in high key (B minor) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Heyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search) |