Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"A Summer Wish" [Julian Wachner]

Title

"A Summer Wish" [Julian Wachner]
First line of lyrics: live live live live

Creator

Wachner, Julian; music (American, born 1969)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

2016 [publication]

Publisher

E.C. Schirmer Music Company

Subject

genre: choral music|song|song cycle
chorus: SATB voices with divisi
instrumentation: flute|clarinet|piano|double bass
initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats
initial time signature: 4/4
origin: United States
male composer

Language

English

Description

Rossetti poem(s): "A Summer Wish"
Place in the larger work: The third song of four in the song cycle called "An October Garden," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Spring"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "An October Garden"; 4. "Winter Rain: My Secret."
Composition history: "An October Garden was commissioned by The Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, music director with support from The National Endowment for the Arts."
Tempo markings: quarter note = "144 m.m."
Performance instructions: "Undulating, poco rubato, sleepy and humid"
Performance history: "An October Garden had its New York premiere last April [2016] with Wachner leading the Washington Master Chorale Chamber Choir with NOVUS NY in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall" ("An October Garden"). Another 2016 performance of the song cycle by Downtown Voices and Stephen Sands, conductor. YouTube, https://youtu.be/DTzhT1BCQ50. Accessed 21 February 2022.

Format

Format 1: musical score

Source

Other data reference(s): "An October Garden." Julian Wachner, http://www.julianwachner.com/events/an_october_garden. Accessed 22 February 2022.
Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa
This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "An October Garden." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/An-October-Garden/10663221.item#/submit. Accessed 23 February 2022.

Identifier

Record: CRM-summerwish-wachner

Rights

"© 2016 by E.C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., a division of ECS Publishing. | www.ecspublishing.com | All rights reserved."
The Christina Rossetti in Music project website is hosted in Canada at the University of Ottawa Library, and we aim to comply with Canadian copyright laws. If you believe we have violated Canadian copyright law, please contact us at christinarossettimusic@uottawa.ca. The Christina Rossetti in Music project is strictly not for profit and intended for research and educational purposes only.

Files

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Collection

Citation

Wachner, Julian; music (American, born 1969) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"A Summer Wish" [Julian Wachner],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3183.

Item Relations

This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: "An October Garden" [Julian Wachner]
This Item is part of a larger work that also includes Item: "Winter Rain: My Secret" [Julian Wachner]
Item: "Spring" [Julian Wachner] is part of a larger work that also includes This Item