"Echo" [Jean Coulthard]

"Echo" [Jean Coulthard]

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

Part of: "Christina Songs"

Coulthard, Jean; music (Canadian, 1908-2000)

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

1983, summer [composition]

Toronto: Canadian Music Centre

genre: song|song cycle

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Canada

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The third song of four in the song cycle "Christina Songs," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Spring Quiet"; 2. "Dream Love"; 3. "Echo"; 4. "A Birthday"

Notes about the text: Only the verses one and three of the poem are used.

Tempo markings: "Lento Expressimo"; quarter note = 50 approx.

Performance history: On 13 March 2015 the complete cycle was performanced in the CMC ON THE 13th series, "PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER: The Vocal Music of Jean Coulthard," at the Canadian Music Centre National Performance Space, 20 St. Joseph St., Toronto, by Jennifer Taverner, soprano and Kara Huber, piano ("CMC ON THE 13th").

Dedication: "With thanks to Roxolana Roslak"

Notes: "Manuscript (photocopy); original of score in CMC Toronto" (Record for "Christina Songs")

Format 1: musical score

4 pages (pp. 10-13); complete song cycle performance time 10 minutes.

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Other data reference(s): Record for "Christina Songs." Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/6047. Accessed 16 Apr. 2020.
"CMC ON THE 13th: PORTRAIT OF A PIONEER: The Vocal Music of Jean Coulthard." Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/123433. Accessed 16 Apr. 2020.

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/6047.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Christina Songs." Canadian Music Centre, http://www.musiccentre.ca/node/6047. Accessed 16 Apr. 2020.

Record: CRM-echo-coulthard

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