"Rest" [Ushio Torikai]

"Rest" [Ushio Torikai]

First line of lyrics: O Earth, lie heavily upon her eyes

Torikai, Ushio; music (Japanese, born 1952)

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

2001 [composition]; 2003 [publication]

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Japan

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Rest"

Composition history: "Commissioned by the Tokyo Philharmonic Choir"

Tempo markings: quarter note = ca. 60

Performance instructions: "The work proper is preceded in the score by Entrance (6 m. on 1 p.); the intrada is performed by the two groups of female singers singing divisi a 5 while the tenors and basses appear on stage and "settle into their singing positions.""

Dedication: "Rest is dedicated to the victims of World Trade Center Tragedy on September 11th 2001."

Format 1: musical score

17 pages

Other data reference(s): Record for "Rest: for mixed choir." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53863595. Accessed 4 February 2020.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: Stony Brook Libraries, State University of New York, Albany

Record: CRM-rest-torikai

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