Objects
| Song Title | Objects (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Lauren Spavelko |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Chloe Yelena Miller |
| Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Basins; Bibs; Blossoms; Carrying; Cherries; Children; Death; Elegy; Gardens; Hands; Japan; Lapels; Miscarriage; Motherhood; Mourning; Nothing; Objects; Pictures; Pins; Pockets; Pregnancy; Red; Standing; Statues; Taboos; Tides; Water; Women |
| First Line | To mourn a woman, carry her picture, wear her lapel pin. There's nothing to wear, carry, after a miscarriage. (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 2015 - 2017 (Search) |
| Larger Work | Baby Book (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Feminism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://issuu.com/laurenspavelko/docs/baby_book__piano-vocal_with_front_m |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/Young Artist (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | Ab3 - Ab5 (Search) |
| Original Key | C Minor (Search) |
| Premiered By | Lucie Chartin & Luba Podgaskaya (Search) |
| Notes | "Objects" was Lauren Spavelko's first song and the only one of the six that she wrote the melody for in a single sitting. A feminist work; Free notation (flexible performance); Elegy (miscarriage); contains an extended piano solo at the opening which may be omitted or shortened; lyrical lines; alternate pitches provided by the composer to accommodate different voices; an Italian translation created by the poet & composer also exists (Oggetti) (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Directly from the composer: www.laurenspavelko.com (Search) |
| Orchestra and voice? | No (Search) |
| Sources Cited | www.laurenspavelko.com (Search) |
| Contributor | Composer Lauren (Search) |
| Contributor Affiliation | You may publish (Search) |