A Thunderstorm in Town

Song TitleA Thunderstorm in Town (Search)
Composer(s):Charlotte Bray
Composer Underrepresented GroupWoman (Search)
Author(s):Thomas Hardy
Keyword(s) & Features: Carriages; Ceasing; Closeness; Couples; Desire; Doors; Downpours; Dresses; Dry; Flying; Forms; Glass; Horses; Intimacy; Kissing; Lasting; Lost Love; Lovers; Minutes; Motionless; New; Opportunistic; Pain; Pelting; Privacy; Rain; Recesses; Regrets; Sad; Screening; Separation; Sharp; Sitting; Snug; Springing; Staying; Stopping; Storms; Tender; Terra-cotta; Thunderstorms; Together; Towns; Wanting; Warm; Warmth; Wearing
First LineShe wore a new "terra-cotta" dress, (Search)
Average Duration2:00 (Search)
Year of composition 2010 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7280
Larger WorkMidnight Closes (Search)
Musical FormThrough-composed (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsVictorian Realism; Romanticism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
Score Source https://composersedition.com/charlotte-bray-midnight-closes/
Audio Source https://soundcloud.com/charlottebray/midnight-closes
Difficulty LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Range: D4 - Bb5 (Search)
Premiered ByEleanor Dennis (Search)
Commissioned ByThe Countess of Munster Musical Trust (Search)
NotesPremiered November 22, 2010, Wigmore Hall, London; Eleanor Dennis, soprano; Gary Matthewman, piano; William Stafford, clarinet; Tim Lowe, cello (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceComposer's Edition ce-cb1mc1 (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceoptional clarinet and cello interludes (Search)
ContributorGTM , MaryBeth Neubauer (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Georgia Southern University (Search)
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