"There Is No Time Like Spring" [Richard Burchard]

"There Is No Time Like Spring" [Richard Burchard]

First line of lyrics: There is no time

Burchard, Richard; music (American, born 1960)

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

2017 [composition]; 2018 [copyright]

Los Angeles: Gentry Publications

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SAB chorus

instrumentation: piano|french horn

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Spring"

Notes about the text: The song sets lines 29-39 of the poem, with some repeated lines and phrases.

Composition history: "Commissioned by CODA Choral Organizations & Developing Artists for the Festival at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA, April 2-3, 2017"

Tempo markings: "In tempo"; quarter note = 74

Performance instructions: "opt[ional] Horn obbligato"

Performance history: "World Premiere: April 2, 2017, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA" (Plummer 108) with the CODA Festival Choir ("There Is No Time Like Spring") and April 3, 2017, All Choir Performance, including Lincoln High Sinfonia and Chamber Choir from Stockton, CA. YouTube, uploaded by Jenni Fontanilla, 4 Apr. 2017, https://youtu.be/wYLuKgrN9xM.

Recordings: "There Is No Time Like Spring." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/There-Is-No-Time-Like-Spring/10811782.item#/submit. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022. YouTube, uploaded by Fred Bock Publishing Group, 14 Aug. 2019, https://youtu.be/CrH2oUWPWZ8.

Format 1: musical score

10 pages; performance time approx. 6 minutes 15 seconds

Other data reference(s): "There is No Time Like Spring." Works, The Music of Richard Burchard, https://www.richardburchard.com/works/there-is-no-time-like-spring. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.
Plummer, William Floyd. "Appendix A: Richard Burchard's Published Choral Works." Selected Works of Richard Burchard: A Resource Guide. 2017. Louisiana State University, PhD dissertation, pp. 108-115. LSU Digital Commons, https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5277&context=gradschool_dissertations. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022.

Cataloguer: Krystal Cote and Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "There Is No Time Like Spring." J. W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/There-Is-No-Time-Like-Spring/10811782.item#/submit. Accessed 1 Apr. 2022. "There Is Not Time Like Spring." YouTube, uploaded by Fred Bock Publishing Group, 14 Aug. 2019, https://youtu.be/CrH2oUWPWZ8.

Record: CRM-spring-burchard

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