"An End" [Allan Bevan]

"An End" [Allan Bevan]

First line of lyrics: Love, strong as Death, is dead

Part of: "For a Dream's Sake"

Bevan, Allan; music (Canadian, born 1951)

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

2000 [composition] [copyright]; 2002 [publication] [copyright]

Vancouver: Cypress Choral Music

genre: song|choral music|song cycle

chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: two sharps

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: Canada

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "An End"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in a trilogy called "For a Deam's Sake," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "An End"; 2. "Mirage"; 3. "Echo".

Tempo markings: "Andante misterioso"; quarter note = 84

Performance instructions: "For Treble Voices SSAA and Piano"

Performance history: "Concerto Della Donna has performed this piece a number of times (listen to their beautiful recording to the right) and it has also been sung by the Manitou Singers of St. Olaf College, Sigrid Johnson, conductor" ("An End")

Recordings: "For a Dream's Sake - I - An End." Parlez-Moi, performance by Concerto Della Donna, Iwan Edwards, artistic director, Pamela Reimer, piano, Concerto Della Donna, 2011. Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/an-end. ("An End")

Format 1: musical score

9 pages; performance time 4 minutes; complete song cycle 30 pages; performance time 12 minutes

Other data reference(s): "Allan Bevan - List of Works (Selected)." Allan Bevan, composer, http://www.allanbevan.ca/works-list.html. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"An End." Allan Bevan, composer, posted 13 Aug. 2015, http://www.allanbevan.ca/listen/an-end.
"Parlez-moi." Discography, Concerto Della Donna, http://www.concertodelladonna.ca/en/discography/index.htm. Accessed 5 May 2020.
"Parlez-moi." Apple Music, https://music.apple.com/id/album/parlez-moi/490056623. Accessed 5 May 2020.
Record for “For a dream's sake: for treble voices and piano” WorldCat, www.worldcat.org/oclc/697636218. Accessed 11 Apr. 2018.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "An End." Cypress Choral Music, https://cypresschoral.com/composers/allan-bevan/an-end/. Accessed 5 May 2020.

Record: CRM-end-bevan

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