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Colors: Red
Staff Notation • Secular, Art songs
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Colors: Red by Kenneth Langer — Lyrics
The fire warms the cold night, sends shadows dancing on the walls, and crackles through the empty rooms, but cannot warm a lonely heart.
About Colors: Red
Kenneth Langer’s Colors: Red is a solo art song for soprano, setting an English text. The opening words paint a vivid domestic scene of firelight in a cold, empty house, yet they immediately contrast this external warmth with the internal chill of a lonely heart. The song explores this poignant juxtaposition, using the colour red not just for the fire's heat, but perhaps also for the emotional intensity or danger it can represent. It offers a moment of quiet introspection, ideal for a singer seeking to convey a subtle emotional narrative through a concise and evocative setting.
