"Remember" [Glen Roven]

"Remember" [Glen Roven]

First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away

Part of: "Symphony of Songs"

Roven, Glen; music (American, 1960-2018)

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

2016 [composition] [copyright]; 2017 [publication SSAA]; 2018 [publication Tenor solo]

Barking Bunny Music, a Division of Tintagel Music LLC [Tenor solo]; New York: Tintagel Music [SSAA]

genre: art song (lied)|song|choral music

solo: tenor

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three sharps

initial time signature: 3/4

other version 1: trio: three baritones

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 2 - chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

other version 2 - instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

other version 2 - initial sharps/flats: three sharps

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Composition history: "This setting is part of a Symphony of Songs I composed, my Symphony No. 1. The Symphony is a setting of poetry from the books, Songs that Make Grown Men Cry and Songs That Make Grown Women Cry. I was very aware of the poem, having previously recorded the text alone on a collection of poetry I produced for CD called Poetic License. When I saw the poem in the collection I knew I would set it. There are some dissonant, complex songs in the Symphony and I felt the audience needed a 'break.' So I set this as a simple folk tune!" (Roven) "My Friend and colleague James Taylor, a vocal teacher at Virginia Common University, asked me if I had any compositions for the excellent a cappella women's choir at his university. In the score for women's SSAA chorus, Roven, comments on this version's origins: "I had recently finished my 'Symphony of Songs,' [...] Given the scope (and expense) of performing such a massive work, I was only too happy to start slowly and offer these these [sic.] excerpts for starters."

Tempo markings: "Andante ma cantabile"; quarter note = 98 [tenor solo]; "Andantino ma rubato è cantabile"; quarter note = 98 [SSAA]

Recordings: A rearranged version was recorded as a baritone trio by Tobias Greenhalgh, Steven Labrie, and Jarrett Ott on CD album titled "Remember" (Roven Records, 2018). YouTube, uploaded by Tobias Greenhalgh, 16 Aug. 2018, https://youtu.be/X7MaXEz0OI8.

Notes: The version for Women's SSAA chorus was published in a collection called "Four Songs for Women's Choir (SSAA, unaccompanied)" by composer Glen Roven, published by Tintagel Music in 2017.

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; performance time approx. 3 minutes [tenor solo];

Other data reference(s): Roven, Glen. "Regarding Rossetti Settings." Received by Mary Arseneau. 30 May 2018.

Cataloguer: Mary Arseneau, Robyn Finlay, and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score for tenor: Glen Roven

musical score for SSAA: Roven, Glen. "Remember." Four Songs for Women's Choir. Tintagel Music, 2017, pp. 26-33. New York Public Library, New York.

Record: CRM-remember-roven

File(s): CRM-remember-roven-tenor.pdf; CRM-remember-roven-SSAA.pdf

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