Song Title | The Giver of Stars (Search)
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Composer(s): | Jennifer Higdon |
Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Author(s): | Amy Lowell |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Lover; Bathing; Beauty; Beds; Begetting; Bleary; Clear; Comfort; Connections; Coolness; Expression of Love; Finding; Fire; Flames; Flickering; Givers; Holding; In Tune; Ivory; Joy; Life; Limbs; Loose; Love; Lovers; Metaphor: Soul as Flame; Metaphor: Speaker as Musical Instrument; Open; Outstretched; Peace; Play; Playing; Pouring; Power of Love; Quiet; Rest; Rippling; Rousing; Souls; Spirits; Stars; Stringing; Tight; Tongues; Touch; Trust; Trusting; Weary; Welcoming; World |
First Line | Hold your soul open for my welcoming (Search) |
Year of composition |
2013 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://poets.org/poem/giver-stars |
Larger Work | Love Sweet (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Imagism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Audio Source |
https://youtu.be/qDsibWuwVVI?t=224
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Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
Range: | D4 - A5 (Search) |
Premiered By | Yungee Rhie (Search) |
Commissioned By | SongFest (Search) |
Notes | Premiered June 15, 2014, SongFest 2014, Colburn School, Los Angeles; Yungee Rhie, soprano; Itamar Zorman, violin; ???, cello; Liza Stepanova, piano (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | violin, cello, and piano (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Meghann Ashey (Search)
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Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |
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