Ode to Melancholy (song for voice and piano)
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Ode to Melancholy is a setting of John Keats' poem of the same name. Through chromatic harmonies it emulates the mysterious and drowsy mood of the poem. Compass is C3 to A4 and it is about 5 mins. in duration.

 

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