| Song Title | Landscape IV: Sunset (Search)
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| Composer(s): | Libby Larsen |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Willa Cather |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman; LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Antonia; Childhood; Clouds; Dancing; Discs; Evening; Fathers; Friendship; Graves; Horizon; Memory; Nostalgia; Past; Pictures; Ponies; Prairies; Red; Running; Sky; Sun; Towns; Trains; Writing; Yearning |
| First Line | We were talking about childhood in a little prairie town (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
2000 (Search) |
| Larger Work | My Ántonia (Search) |
| Musical Form | Ternary (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source |
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/my-ntonia-9780193867215?cc=us&lang=en&#
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| Audio Source |
https://libbylarsen.com/works/my-antonia
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| Difficulty Level | College (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano or Tenor |
| Range: | Db3 - Ab4 (Search) |
| Original Key | Db Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Jane Dressler, soprano, and Linda Jones, piano (Search) |
| Commissioned By | Jane Dressler (Search) |
| Notes | This song - the last song in the cycle - contains the train music from the first song, making it truly cyclical. Jim Burden ends the cycle as he began: on train taking him away from his beloved prairie. Yet, the contemplation of his memories has given him some relief from the longing to return to his childhood that pains him. Much of the text in the B section recalls moments from previous songs. Accompanying these moments are musical allusions to the previous songs as well. (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Oxford University Press (Search) |
| Sources Cited | "Libby Larsen's My Ántonia: The Song Cycle and the Tonal Landscape of the Prairie," a dissertation by Gregory Zavracky, https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/12254. "A Guide to Libby Larsen's My Ántonia," Gregory Zavracky, Journal of Singing, https://www.nats.o (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , Gregory Zavracky (Search)
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| Contributor Affiliation | University of Connecticut, Brown University (Search) |
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