Rome

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Song TitleRome (Search)
Composer(s):Dominick Argento
Author(s):Virginia Woolf
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman; LGBTQ+ (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Cafes; Conflicts; Diaries; Haunting; Italy; Ladies; Letters; Monaco; Music; No; Observing; Prime Ministers; Prose; Reflection; Rome; Sunday; Tea; Vacations; Wispy; Women; Writing
First LineRome: Tea. Tea in café. (Search)
Average Duration3:15 (Search)
Year of composition 1974 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17542/Matava_Jacquelyn_2014.pdf?sequence=1
Larger WorkFrom the Diary of Virginia Woolf, no. 5 (Search)
Musical FormTernary (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelMasters/YA (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerMedium voice
Range: C4 - F5 (Search)
Original KeyC minor (Search)
Dedicated ToJanet Baker (Search)
Premiered ByJanet Baker, mezzo-soprano; Martin Isepp, piano (Search)
Commissioned ByThe Schubert Club of St. Paul in honor of Mrs. Thomas F. Ellerbe, Sr. (Search)
NotesText is taken from Virginia Woolf's personal diary writings. (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceBoosey and Hawkes (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/17542/Matava_Jacquelyn_2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y (Search)
ContributorJEM (Search)
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