"Spring Quiet" [Richard Faith]

"Spring Quiet" [Richard Faith]

First line of lyrics: Gone were but the Winter

Faith, Richard Bruce; music (American, born 1926)

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

1991 [composition]; 1993 [publication]

New York: Leyerle Publications

genre: song|art song (lied)

solo: high voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Spring Quiet"

Composition history: "The set of songs, entitled Christina Rossetti Lyrics, were commissioned by 1991 NATSAA winners Julie Simson and Gary Arvin." (Wieck, p. 43) The set includes 1. "Spring Quiet"; 2. "Echo"; 3. "My Heart is like a Singing Bird".

Tempo markings: "Andantino"; quarter note = c. 84

Recordings: "Spring Quiet." Remember Me, Songs by Richard Faith, performance by Julie Simson, mezzo-soprano and Richard Faith, piano, William Lavonis, 2000. YouTube, uploaded by Various Artists - Topic, CDBaby, 13 Apr. 2016, https://youtu.be/sX_0tDLgvFg.
"Spring Quiet." Remember me : the songs of Richard Faith. Performance by Brenda Baker, soprano; Richard Faith, piano, recorded at LemonCorp Studios, Portland OR, Baker, 2002.

Dedication: "To Julie Simson and Gary Arvin"

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; performance time 3 minutes and 14 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Richard Faith." Wikipedia, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Faith. Accessed 16 Apr. 2020.
Record for "The songs of Richard Faith : for voice and piano." University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, https://search.library.wisc.edu/catalog/9910006418802121. Accessed 28 Jan. 2019.
Wieck, Julie Anne. The songs of Richard Faith: 1990-1995. 1997. The University of Nebraska, D.M.A. dissertation. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

musical score: Faith, Richard. The songs of Richard Faith : for voice and piano. Volume 1, Geneseo, N.Y.: Leyerle Publications, 1993, pp. 87-90. The British Library, London.

Record: CRM-springquiet-faith

"Copyright © Leyerle Publications 1993"

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