"Echo" [Stephen Tyler]

"Echo" [Stephen Tyler]

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

Part of: untitled [Christina Rossetti Poems]

Tyler, Stephen; music (British, active 2006)

2006 [copyright]

Stephen Tyler

genre: choral music|part song|song|song cycle

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 4/4

origin: United Kingdom

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Echo"

Place in the larger work: The first song of three in the song cycle of settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Echo"; 2. "De Profundis"; 3. "Song".

Tempo markings: "Adagio"

Performance history: Performed in a choral show called "All at Sea" in England on 21 June 2013 at All Saints Church, Dunsden Green, on 22 June 2013 at St Laurence Church, Reading, and 23 June 2013 at Oakwood Theatre, Woodley: "the show had a specially commissioned painting and a story around the various vignettes in the painting told by an actor playing a retired sailor and narrating events of his life, and of course a choral soundtrack which included Echo" performed by Reading A440 Choir, directed by Stephen Tyler. (Tyler)

Recordings: Tyler, Stephen J. "Echo." All's Fair. Performance by Reading A440 Choir, Stephen Tyler, conductor, 2013. SoundCloud, uploaded by Stephen J. Tyler, 12 July 2014, https://soundcloud.com/stephenjtyler/echo.

Format 1: musical score

9 pages

Format 2: sound recording

performance time 3 minutes and 47 seconds

Other data reference(s): Tyler, Stephen. "Re: STM Contact Us: Christina Rossetti research inquiry." Received by Mary Arseneau. 15 May 2019.
"Christina Rossetti Poems." Tyler Musik, https://www.tylermusik.com/. Accessed 18 Apr. 2023.

Cataloguer: Roxanne Lafleur, University of Ottawa

Musical score: Stephen Tyler

Sound recording, Reading A440 Choir directed by Stephen Tyler, June 2013: Stephen Tyler

Record: CRM-echo-tyler

File(s): CRM-echo-tyler.pdf; CRM-echo-tyler.mp3

"Copyright © 2006." This score and the audio recording are protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The score and audio recording appear on this website by kind permission of composer Stephen Tyler. To purchase a license for public performances or recordings, please consult the composer’s website, www.stephentylermusic.com.

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