The Unforeseen Problem
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | The Unforeseen Problem (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Dominick Argento |
| Author(s): | Dominick Argento |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Adventures; Air; Angry; Anna; Balloons; Crowns; Diaries; Dinners; Drizzling; Enraged; Expeditions; Exploring; Fiancés; Flight; Flying; Fog; Ice; Icicles; Lurching; Meals; Melting; Part of a Song Cycle; Problems; Prose; Seasick; Stamping; Sun; Surfaces; Sweden; Swedish; Thorns; Vomiting; Writing |
| First Line | Indeed, it was a very good meal (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:00 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1982 (Search) |
| Larger Work | The Andrée Expedition (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/Argento-Dominick-The-Andree-Expedition-baritone-piano/2004779 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5gSu5dtYhe3vIvKdOvNqcY?si=L3tBA_q2QbaiqGD4bfe9xA |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | The Andrée Expedition, Part One: In the Air, no. 5 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Baritone |
| Range: | B2 - F4 (Search) |
| Original Key | F major (Search) |
| Dedicated To | Jeanne Shepard (Search) |
| Premiered By | Håkan Hagegård, baritone; Thomas Schuback, piano (Search) |
| Commissioned By | The Schubert Club of St. Paul in honor of its 100th Anniversary (Search) |
| Notes | https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-andree-balloon-crash-a-photographic-journey-through-to-most-surreal-of-arctic-disasters (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Boosey and Hawkes (Search) |
| Sources Cited | A performer's guide to the text and music of Dominick Argento's The Andrée Expedition, a dissertation by Michael Andrew Paxson. https://etd.ohiolink.edu/!etd.send_file?accession=osu1261075936&disposition=inline (Search) |
| Contributor | JEM (Search) |