"Goblin Market" [Douglas Buchanan]

"Goblin Market" [Douglas Buchanan]

First line of lyrics: Morning and evening

Buchanan, Douglas; music (American, born 1984)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Buchanan, Douglas; abridged text (American, born 1984)

2011 [composition]

Baltimore MD: 200 Miles to Arnstadt Publications

genre: opera

solo: soprano|baritone

instrumentation: violin|accordion|cello

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 3/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Goblin Market"

Notes about the text: The text was abridged by the composer. The score is preceded by the text of the complete original poem (pp. 4-19), with passages that are omitted in the opera libretto in italics.

Composition history: Commissioned by Rhymes with Opera, 2011. Douglas Buchanan commented that omitting the figure of Jeanie was not his decision but was done in response to time constraints (Buchanan).

Tempo markings: "With energy; threatening"; quarter note = c 69

Performance instructions: "for two Sopranos, Baritone, Violin, and Accordion." "The accordion part may be realized several ways, depending on the type of accordion available to the performer: [...] If an accordion with left-hand chordal buttons is not available, the left-hand part may be read by a bass-clef instrument, preferably a cello, while the available accordion plays the right-hand part."

Performance history: Premiered by Rhymes with Opera, Baltimore, MD, 2 Dec. 2011. Douglas Buchanan, conductor; Robert Maril, baritone; Elisabeth Halliday, soprano; Bonnie Lander, soprano; George Lam, violin; Ruby Fulton, accordion; and Lavena Johanson, cello. Video recordings of this premiere performance are available on vimeo and Youtube: "Goblin Market." vimeo, uploaded by Douglas Duchanan, 29 Nov. 2014, https://vimeo.com/113177630. | "Goblin Market." Youtube, uploaded by fultonruby, 12 Feb. 2012, https://youtu.be/Jwz1noyGMIU.

Format 1: musical score

64 pages (pp. 21-84); performance time approximately 24 minutes

Other data reference(s): Douglas Buchanan, www.dbcomposer.com. Accessed 14 March 2017.
Buchanan, Douglas. "Following up on 'Goblin Market," Received by Mary Arseneau, 12 March 2016.

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, University of Ottawa

Musical score compliments of composer Douglas Buchanan.

Record: CRM-goblinmarket-buchanan

File(s): CRM-goblinmarket-buchanan.pdf

"200 Miles to Arnstadt Publications © 2007 (ASCAP)." All rights reserved. The score appears on this website by kind permission of the copyright holder, composer Douglas Buchanan.

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