"Echo" [William Bolcom]

"Echo" [William Bolcom]

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

Part of: "The Hawthorn Tree"

Bolcom, William; music (American, born 1938)

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

2014 [copyright] [publication]

Edward B. Marks Music Company and Bolcom Music

genre: song cycle|song

solo: mezzo-soprano

instrumentation: chamber orchestra

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The third song of seven in the song cycle called "The Hawthorn Tree," which includes 1. "Let No Charitable Hope" (Elinor Wylie); 2. "Love me!" (Stevie Smith); 3. "Echo" (Christina Rossetti); 4. "The Dream" (Louise Bogan); 5. "The Hawthorn Tree" (Willa Cather); 6. "Chagrin" (Sarah Arvio); 7. "Swimming Aria" (Anne Carson).

Composition history: "Commissioned by Backshore Artists Project, Inc. on the occasion of Joyce Castle's 40th Anniversary Season and underwritten by a generous grant from Linda and Stuart Nelson"

Tempo markings: "Easy & gentle; stately"; quarter note = c. 56

Performance instructions: "Guide to Idiomatic Notation" on page 3.

Dedication: "to Richard Hundley"

Format 1: musical score

6 pages (pp. 16-21)

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

musical score: New York Public Library, New York

Record: CRM-echo-bolcom

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