Wie glänzt der helle Mond

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Song TitleWie glänzt der helle Mond (Search)
Composer(s):Hugo Wolf
Author(s):Gottfried Keller
Keyword(s) & Features: Beauty; Blessed; Bright; Carts; Christian; Cold; Comfort; Crouching; Death; Distant; Dying; Feeding; Fingers; God; Grains; Hands; Heaven; Heavenly; Holy Ghost; Jesus; Knees; Mending; Metaphor: Cart as Coffin; Metaphor: Death as Comfort; Moon; Mother of God; Nature; Paradise; Peace; Religion; Roaring; Seas; Shimmering; Shining; Shoes; Shores; Silver; Sleeping; Son of God; Sons; St. Peter; Stars; Thrones; Traveling; Veils; Virgin Mary; Visions; Wheels; White; Youth
First LineWie glänzt der helle Mond so kalt und fern (Search)
Average Duration3:45 (Search)
Year of composition 1890 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttp://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=9257
Larger WorkAlte Weisen (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsLiterary realism (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://s9.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/f/fb/IMSLP23182-PMLP52957-Wolf_-_Old_Melodies.pdf
Audio Source https://open.spotify.com/track/2QBxjJLonP0nX1oEuo5tnh
Difficulty LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Catalog DesignationIHW 3 no. 6 (Search)
Range: B3 - E5 (Search)
Original KeyG minor (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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