Hardy's Funeral
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory ZavrackySong Title | Hardy's Funeral (Search) |
Composer(s): | Dominick Argento |
Author(s): | Virginia Woolf |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Ceremonies; Coffins; Crosses; Darkness; Death; Depression; Diaries; Dramatic; Emotions; Frowning; Funerals; Futility; Hardy, Thomas; Humor; Immortality; Lectures; Letters; Melodramatic; Memories; Mortality; Pigeons; Priests; Processions; Prose; Reflection; Skepticism; Thinking; Writing |
First Line | Yesterday we went to Hardy's funeral. (Search) |
Average Duration | 6:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 1974 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17542/Matava_Jacquelyn_2014.pdf?sequence=1 |
Larger Work | From the Diary of Virginia Woolf, no. 4 (Search) |
Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | https://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Argento-Dominick-Collected-Song-Cycles-low-voice-piano/923235 |
Audio Source | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmUgvQJXfbs |
Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | Medium voice |
Range: | C#4 - Gb5 (Search) |
Dedicated To | Janet Baker (Search) |
Premiered By | Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Martin Isepp, piano (Search) |
Commissioned By | The Schubert Club of St. Paul in honor of Mrs. Thomas F. Ellerbe, Sr. (Search) |
Notes | Text is taken from Virginia Woolf's personal diary writings. (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Boosey and Hawkes (Search) |
Sources Cited | https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17542/Matava_Jacquelyn_2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (Search) |
Contributor | JEM (Search) |