"Echo" [Horace Keats]

"Echo" [Horace Keats]

First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

Keats, Horace; music (Australian, born in England, 1895-1945)

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

1936 [composition]; 1999 [copyright]

Culburra Beach, N.S.W. : Publications by Wirripang

genre: song|art song (lied)

solo: soprano

instrumentation: piano|flute|violin

initial sharps/flats: five flats

initial time signature: 6/8

other version 1 - solo: soprano

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 1 - initial sharps/flats: five flats

origin: Australia

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Composition history: Keats was known as the "poet’s composer," bringing the work of Australian and many overseas poets to a wider audience. This composition was completed on 14 January 1936. The "Notes on Horace Keats and this Song" that are included in the score state that "Keats’s eldest son [Russell (1921-1942)] was a flautist, so there is little doubt that he, as well as his mother performed this work. The work does not appear to have been used by the composer in later years. I suspect the death ["in the infamous Battle of Savo Island, whilst serving in HMAS Canberra" (Keats)] of this son five years after the composition of the work, would evoke memories too painful for the composer and his wife."

Tempo markings: "Moderato"; dotted quarter note = 80

Performance instructions: "Song with flute or violin and piano."

Recordings: "Echo." Echo: the Songs of Horace Keats, performance by Wendy Dixon, soprano, Marina Marsden, violin, David Miller, piano at Eugene Goossens Hall, ABC Centre, Ultimo, Sydney on 11-15 December 2000, ABC Classics, 2000. "Echo: the Songs of Horace Keats." Australian Music Centre, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/echo-the-songs-of-horace-keats. Accessed 26 March 2020.
"Echo." Piano and ... Performance by Emma Knott, flute, David Miller, piano, arranged by Brennan Keats, Wirripang, 2005, "Piano and ...." Australian Music Centre, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/piano-and. Accessed 26 March 2020.
"Echo." On the wire: Australian music for flute ensemble / Stables Ensemble. Performance by Stable Ensemble (piccolo, 4 flutes, alto flute, bass flute) at Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2005, Wirripang, 2010, "On the wire: Australian music for flute ensemble / Stables Ensemble." Australian Music Centre, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/on-the-wire-australian-music-for-flute-ensemble. Accessed 26 March 2020.
"Echo." A poet's composer / songs by Horace Keats. Music by Horace Keats, performance by Jane Parkin, soprano, Alexa Still, flute, Clemens Leske, piano at Track Down studios, Sydney, Wirripang, 2011. "A poet's composer / songs by Horace Keats." Australian Music Centre, https://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/product/a-poet-s-composer. Accessed 26 March 2020.
"Echo." Movement. Performed by Louise Page, soprano, Phillipa Candy, piano, The Linden String Quartet: Marina Marsden, Emily Long, violins, Justine Marsden, viola, Elizabeth Neville, cello, and Janet Webb, flute at National Portrait Gallery, Australia, Wirripang, 2015. "Movement." Australian Music Centre, https://www.australiancomposers.com.au/products/movement, Accessed 31 March 2020.

Notes: The version for soprano and piano is listed for "Grade: 8"

Format 1: musical score

6 pages; performance time 4 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Echo." National Library of Australia, trove.nla.gov.au/work/33985770. Accessed 2 Mar. 2018.
Keats, Brennan. "Re: permission request." Received by Mary Arseneau. 10 April 2018.

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Wirripang Pty Ltd, Australia.

musical score for voice: Wirripang Pty Ltd, Australia.

Record: CRM-echo-keats

File(s): CRM-echo-keats.pdf; CRM-echo-keats-voice.pdf

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