"Echo" [Tom Shelton]

"Echo" [Tom Shelton]

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

Shelton, Tom T., Jr.; music (American, born 1966)

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

2015 [copyright]

New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. with Hal Leonard Corporation

genre: choral music|song

solo: soprano|baritone

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 6/8

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Composition history: "Commissioned by the American Choral Directors Association - Eastern Division, for the 2016 Eastern Division Conference in Boston Massachussetts; Junior High/Middle School Honor Choir; Andrea Ramsey, conductor"

Tempo markings: "With melancholy"; quarter note = 92-96

Recordings: "Echo (2-Part Choir) - by Tom Shelton." YouTube, updated by Hal Leonard Choral, 1 June 2016, https://youtu.be/ReWPmAQi9yg.

Notes: "This Christina Rossetti poem is a wonderful teaching piece. The melodic line in the opening section is constructed to evoke feelings of beauty, loss and remembrance. A middle section paints a picture of grief, reality, and the feeling of life spinning out of control. After the climax of this middle section, there is a return to a sense of calm, symbolizing that as time passes, we are able to come to terms with loss." ("Echo")

Format 1: musical score

16 pages; performance time 4 minutes 30 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Compositions." Tom Shelton Composer and Conductor, tomsheltonmusic.com/compositions/index.html. Accessed 2 Mar. 2018.
"Echo." Hal Leonard Online, https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50600445. Accessed 20 March 2018.

Cataloguer: Jazmine Clement and Diana Bishara, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Echo (2-Part Choir) - by Tom Shelton." YouTube, updated by Hal Leonard Choral, 1 June 2016, https://youtu.be/ReWPmAQi9yg.

Record: CRM-echo-shelton

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