"Mirage" [Charles Ives]

"Mirage" [Charles Ives]

First line of lyrics: The home I dreamed of was a dream

Ives, Charles; music (American, 1874-1954)

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

1903 [composition]; 1922 ca [publication]

Middleton: A-R Editions.

genre: song

solo: voice

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: three flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Mirage"

Notes about the text: The setting includes lines 1-4 and 10-12 of Rossetti's poem (first stanza and most of the final stanza).

Composition history: The song was composed in 1903, employing music that Ives originally composed in 1892 (Gooch and Thatcher 4622).

Tempo markings: "Moderato"

Performance history: The setting is used by Polly Pen in the successful off-broadway stage production of Goblin Market, which debuted at the Vineyard Theatre, New York in 1985. On 13 April 1986 the production moved to Circle in the Square, New York. The song was also performed on 13 October 1987 in a concert at Heeren Recital Hall, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1987 (recorded on cassette).

Recordings: "Mirage." Charles Ives Songs: Vol. 2. Performance by Roberta Alexander, soprano, Tan Crone, piano. Etcetera, 1989.

Format 1: musical score

2 pages

In reference to the published works below: Gooch and Thatcher 4622

Reference: Gooch, Bryan N.S. and David S. Thatcher. Musical Settings of Early and Mid-Victorian Literature: A Catalogue. New York: Garland, 1979.

Reference: Ezust, Emily. The LiederNet Archive. http://www.lieder.net/lieder/index.html

Other data reference(s): Record for “129 Songs / Charles Ives; H Wiley Hitchcock.” WorldCat, www.worldcat.org/oclc/55998997. Accessed 11 Apr. 2018.

Cataloguer: Arianne Zamin and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

Record: CRM-mirage-ives

File(s): CRM-mirage-ives.pdf

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