Christina Rossetti In Music

Christina Rossetti in Music Project

"Echo" [Peter Fischer]

Title

"Echo" [Peter Fischer]
First line of lyrics: Come to me in the silence of the night

Creator

Fischer, Peter; music (American, born 1956)
Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

Date

2009 [copyright]

Publisher

Crystalline Sky Music, LLC

Subject

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

Language

English

Description

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

Format 1: musical score
12 pages; performance time 5 minutes and 30 seconds

Source

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.

Identifier

Record: CRM-echo-fischer

Rights

"Copyright © 2009 by Crystalline Sky Music | All Rights Reserved International Copyright Secured Printed in the USA | www.cyrstallineskymusic.com"
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Citation

Fischer, Peter; music (American, born 1956) and Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894), “"Echo" [Peter Fischer],” Christina Rossetti In Music, accessed November 23, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/christinarossettiinmusic/items/show/3379.