Wild Swans - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project
Song Title | Wild Swans - generously provided by African Diaspora Music Project (Search) |
Composer(s): | H. Leslie Adams |
Composer Underrepresented Group | African-American; POC; Black (Search) |
Author(s): | Edna St. Vincent Millay |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Addressee: Swans; Air; Beauty; Birds; Connection to Nature; Crying; Doors; Dying; Flight; Flying; Forever; Freedom; Hearts; Houses; Legs; Living; Locking; Longing; Nature; Questions; Swans; Tiresome; Towns; Wild; Wonder |
First Line | I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over. (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1960 (Search) Circa |
Link to English Text Online | http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=11433 |
Larger Work | Five Millay Songs (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Feminism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | Eb4 - A5 (Search) |
Original Key | Eb Major (Search) |
Notes | Also available in medium key (C Major) (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Creative Arts Inc. (Search) |
Sources Cited | African Diaspora Music Project, created by Dr. Louise Toppin (Search) |
Contributor | Dr. Louise Toppin; GTM (Search) |