Nuvoletta
Song record peer reviewed by Editorial Board member: Gregory Zavracky| Song Title | Nuvoletta (Search) |
| Composer(s): | Samuel Barber |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | LGBTQ+ (Search) |
| Author(s): | James Joyce |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Alone; Arms; Bannisters; Beauty; Born; Brides; Cadenzas; Cancelling; Carrying; Childish; Climbing; Companions; Counting; Crying; Daisies; Daughters; Daydreaming; Death; Decisions; Dew; Dresses; Drifting; Dusk; Echoes; Escaping; Falling; Florida; Fluttering; Girls; Hair; Images; Imagination; Ireland; Leaning; Listening; Lives; Long; Mind; Multiple Languages; Nature; Night; Nuvoletta; Posing; Princesses; Prose; Reflecting; Sighing; Sleeping; Smiling; Squirrels; Teaching; Tears; Tired; Tossing; Vocalise; Waltzes; Weeping; Wind; Worth; Youth |
| First Line | Novoletta in her light dress (Search) |
| Average Duration | 4:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition | 1947 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=8997 |
| Musical Form | Resembles a rondo (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Modernism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source | https://www.halleonard.com/product/viewproduct.action?itemid=50490045 |
| Audio Source | https://open.spotify.com/track/5xaPgB6mMICFQGbsohof4k |
| Difficulty Level | Masters/YA (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | Op. 25 (Search) |
| Range: | B#3 - B#5 (Search) |
| Original Key | E Major (Search) |
| Premiered By | Eleanor Steber (Search) |
| Notes | Also available in low key (C major). Text is excerpted from Finnegan's Wake (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | G. Schirmer, "Samuel Barber: 65 Songs" (Search) |
| Sources Cited | Heyman, B. (2012). Samuel Barber : A thematic catalogue of the complete works. New York: Oxford University Press. (Search) |