Life Laughs Onward
Song Title | Life Laughs Onward (Search) |
Composer(s): | Gerald Finzi |
Author(s): | Thomas Hardy |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Abodes; Acceptance; Breasts; Children; Content; Continuing; Cycles; Daisies; Dwellings; Dying; Graves; Growing Old; Laughing; Life; Living; Looking; Lost Love; Memories; Missing; Moods; Moving On; Old; Passage of Time; Rambling; Regretting; Remembering; Sun; Terraces; Thriving; Tongues; Young |
First Line | Rambling I looked for an old abode (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1955 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7276 |
Larger Work | Till Earth Outwears (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Finzi-Gerald-Collected-Songs-high-voice-piano/2013941 |
Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/19UZxrMQIbSZ7EbuRdNKAc?si=bJ1bE10GSKaFaA7S-P5LTg |
Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
Catalog Designation | Op. 19 no. 7 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | C4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | G Major (Search) |
Notes | Also available in low key. Finzi originally wrote this piece a major 2nd down, but it was published in G Major. (Search) |
Sources Cited | http://www.finzisong.com/till_earth_outwears.html (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |