"Echo" [Katherine Hoover]

"Echo" [Katherine Hoover]

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

Hoover, Katherine; music (American, 1937-2018)

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

2018 [copyright]

New York, Hamburg: Peermusic Classical

genre: choral music|song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella|piano (for rehearsal only)

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United States

female composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Composition history: The score includes the following statement: "About Echo, Hoover writes: This bittersweet poem by Christina Rossetti gives a haunting sense of beauty and sorrow intertwined.".

Tempo markings: "Andante"

Performance instructions: The score includes performance suggestions by Dr. Harold Rosenbaum.

Recordings: "Echo - by Katherine Hoover". YouTube, uploaded by Hal Leonard Choral, 23 May 2018, https://youtu.be/H-HuhmqBbdQ.

Format 1: musical score

9 pages

Cataloguer: Krystal Cote, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "Echo." Hal Leonard, https://www.halleonard.com/product/275468/echo. Accessed 9 March 2021.

Record: CRM-echo-hoover

"Copyright © 2018 by Katherine Hoover | Under Exclusive License to Songs of Peer, Ltd. All Rights Reserved."

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