An Epitaph Upon a Child
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | An Epitaph Upon a Child (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Lauren Bernofsky |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman; Jewish (Search) |
| Author(s): | Robert Herrick |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Children; Death; Debts; Dying; Epitaph; Flowers; Funerals; Graves; Maids; Memorials; Mourning; Paying; Primroses; Promising; Strewing; Tombs; Violets; Virgins |
| First Line | Virgins promised when I dy'd (Search) |
| Average Duration | 3:30 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1999 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/herrick/uponchild.htm |
| Larger Work | Five Songs on Poems of Robert Herrick (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Renaissance; Cavalier (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://issuu.com/theodorepresser/docs/herrick_songs-full_score |
| Audio Source | https://soundcloud.com/search?q=bernofsky%20five%20songs%20on%20poems%20of%20robert%20herrick |
| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 4 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | D4 - G5 (Search) |
| Original Key | G Minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Elisa Doughty and Sinfonia Calcania of Boston (Search) |
| Commissioned By | Sinfonia Calcania of Boston (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | https://www.presser.com/shop/five-songs-on-poems-of-robert-herrick-99123.html (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | No (Search) |
| Contributor | Lauren Bernofsky (Search) |