"Echo" [Robert H. Young]

"Echo" [Robert H. Young]

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

Young, Robert H.; music (American, 1923-2011)

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

1995 [copyright]

Fred Bock Music Company; Milwaukee: Gentry Publications

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Performance history: On 10 November 2017 in Great Reading Room, Seerley Hall, University of Northern Iowa: "Contrasts: Differences and Similarities in Choral Settings of Christina Rossetti’s Poetry" prepared by Coren Hucke in partial fulfillment of the Honors Thesis requirement at the University of Northern Iowa, performance by Taylor Else, Lauren Soukup, Dawn Vickers (sopranos); Annika Andrews, Aja Baskerville, Mallory Vallentine (altos); Aaron DeSantiago, Aricson Knoblock, Jonathan Norris (tenors); Joel Andrews, Andy Cutler, Will Lubaroff (basses) (Hucke, concert programme).

Recordings: "Echo." Choral music excellence, Performance by Schola Cantorum of Texas, Gary Ebensberger, conductor, recorded at the Texas Choral Directors Association Annual Convention in San Antonio, Schola Cantorum of Texas, Forth Worth, 1996.
Fall 2009, performed by The Mixolydians. "Echo." YouTube, uploaded by The Mixolydians, 23 Dec. 2009, https://youtu.be/lkxrS_tladE.

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; performance time approx. 3 minutes

Other data reference(s): Record for "Echo : (SSATTB ; A Cappella) : [a sacred choral anthem for a cappella mixed voices]." WorldCat, http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318273075. Accessed 20 Apr. 2020.
Hucke, Coren. "Contrasts": Differences and similarities in choral settings of Christina Rossetti's poems. 2017, pp. 8-9 and concert programme. University of Northern Iowa, University Honours Theses, https://scholarworks.uni.edu/hpt/299/

Cataloguer: Diana Bishara, Jazmine Clement and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-echo-young

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