"Echo" [Peter Fischer]

"Echo" [Peter Fischer]

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

Fischer, Peter; music (American, born 1956)

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

2009 [copyright]

Crystalline Sky Music, LLC

genre: choral music|song

chorus: women’s SSAA chorus

instrumentation: piano

initial sharps/flats: four flats

initial time signature: 4/4

other version 1 - chorus: women's SSA chorus

other version 1 - instrumentation: piano

other version 2 - chorus: SSATB chorus

other version 2 - instrumentation: piano

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Composition history: In front matter, "About the Work" it states: "The music paints the words in repeated colors rather than literal echoing musical techniques, at least until the last lines that are set with imitation in the coda of the work. This recomposing of the work for full choir expands the ending of the original women's choir setting."

Tempo markings: "Andante"; quarter note = 66

Recordings: "Echo, for SSAA Choir." Performance by Peter Fischer, piano. 2015. Soundcloud, https://soundcloud.com/peter-fischer-75/echo-for-ssaa-choir.

Dedication: "for Carolyn Cruse" [colleague and conductor] | "Dedicated to the Texas Tech University Women's Chorale"

Format 1: musical score

12 pages; performance time 5 minutes and 30 seconds

Cataloguer: Hann Scurlock, University of Ottawa

Musical Score: "Scores and Audio 2." Peter Fischer Music, http://www.peterfischermusic.com/additional-scores-2.html. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: Fischer, Peter. "Scores and Audio 2." Peter Fischer Music, http://www.peterfischermusic.com/additional-scores-2.html. Accessed 25 Oct. 2021.

Record: CRM-echo-fischer

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