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Wie glänzt der helle Mond
Song record
peer reviewed
by Editorial Board member: Timothy Hoekman
Song Title
Wie glänzt der helle Mond (
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Composer(s):
Hugo Wolf
Author(s):
Gottfried Keller
Keyword(s) & Features:
Beauty
;
Blessed
;
Bright
;
Carts
;
Christian
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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 Line
Wie glänzt der helle Mond so kalt und fern (
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Average Duration
3:45 (
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Year of composition
1890 (
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Link to English Text Online
http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=9257
Larger Work
Alte Weisen (
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Musical Form
Ternary (
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Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups
Literary realism (
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Original Language
German (
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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 Level
Masters/YA (
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Catalog Designation
IHW 3 no. 6 (
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Range:
B3 - E5 (
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Original Key
G minor (
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Contributor
JEM (
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