Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Long, Long Ago" is a song dealing with nostalgia, written in 1833 by English composer Thomas Haynes Bayly. Originally called "The Long Ago", its name was apparently changed by the editor Rufus Wilmot Griswold when it was first published, posthumously, in a Philadelphia magazine, along with a collection of other songs and poems by Bayly.
Old American Songs are two sets of songs arranged by Aaron Copland in 1950 and 1952 respectively, after research in the Sheet Music Collection of the Harris Collection of American Poetry and Plays, in the John Hay Library at Brown University. [1] Originally scored for voice and piano, they were reworked for baritone (or mezzo-soprano) and ...
Lyrics can be studied from an academic perspective. For example, some lyrics can be considered a form of social commentary. Lyrics often contain political, social, and economic themes—as well as aesthetic elements—and so can communicate culturally significant messages. These messages can be explicit, or implied through metaphor or symbolism.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Many long years ago. Many long years ago, many long ...
"Long Ago, Prophets Knew" was one of around 50 hymns written after 1950 to be included in the collection of 506 hymns. [4] Though the carol was written for Advent, it has also been used as a Christmas carol. [5] [6] Baptists use the carol in connection with Bible readings from 2 Samuel:7 and Romans 16:17-25. [7]
"Hier encore", whose original French title translates to "Just yesterday" or "Not so long ago", is a song composed by Georges Garvarentz and written by Charles Aznavour and released in September 1964.
The lyrics evoke a motif common in Taylor's songs, that of the sea and sailing away for one reason or another. [3] [5] Other images in the lyrics include "tender dreams" and "broken glass." [3] Towards the end of the song the singer asks why his song is so sad. [3] The phrase "long ago and far away" never appears in the lyrics. [4]
"Long Ago (and Far Away)" is a popular song with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics about nostalgia [1] by Ira Gershwin from the 1944 Technicolor film musical Cover Girl starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly and released by Columbia Pictures.