| Song Title | I Say I'll Seek Her (Search)
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| Composer(s): | Charlotte Bray |
| Composer Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
| Author(s): | Thomas Hardy |
| Keyword(s) & Features: | Abating; Abiding; Asking; Closing; Cocks; Creaking; Crowing; Darkness; Detaining; Dishonesty; Echoing; Evening; Eyes; Fickleness; Hesitating; Hinges; Indecision; Interfering; Love; Lovers; Midnight; Multiple Speakers; Night; Obstacles; Oiling; Rendezvous; Sad; Saying; Seeing; Seeking; Selfishness; Shadows; Shrill; Sides; Spoiling; Tarrying; Tracks; Treading; Unbarring; Uncertainty; Visions; Waiting; Wearing |
| First Line | I say, 'I'll seek her side Ere hindrance interposes,' (Search) |
| Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
| Year of composition |
2010 (Search) |
| Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=7241 |
| Larger Work | Midnight Closes (Search) |
| Musical Form | Through-composed (Search) |
| Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | Victorian Realism; Romanticism (Search) |
| Original Language | English (Search) |
| Score Source |
https://composersedition.com/charlotte-bray-midnight-closes/
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| Audio Source |
https://soundcloud.com/charlottebray/midnight-closes
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| Difficulty Level | Masters/Young Artist (Search) |
| Catalog Designation | No. 2 (Search) |
| Voice part suggested by composer | Soprano |
| Range: | C#4 - A#5 (Search) |
| Premiered By | Eleanor Dennis (Search) |
| Commissioned By | The Countess of Munster Musical Trust (Search) |
| Notes | Premiered November 22, 2010, Wigmore Hall, London; Eleanor Dennis, soprano; Gary Matthewman, piano; William Stafford, clarinet; Tim Lowe, cello (Search) |
| Recommended Printed Source | Composer's Edition ce-cb1mc1 (Search) |
| Other instrumentation and voice | optional clarinet and cello interludes (Search) |
| Contributor | GTM , MaryBeth Neubauer (Search)
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| Contributor Affiliation | Georgia Southern University (Search) |
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