Winter (There's a certain slant of light)
Song Title | Winter (There's a certain slant of light) (Search) |
Composer(s): | Ronald Beckett |
Author(s): | Emily Dickinson |
Author Underrepresented Group | Woman (Search) |
Keyword(s) & Features: | Affliction; Afternoon; Air; Breath; Cathedrals; Death; Despair; Difference; Distance; Finding; Giving; Heavenly; Holding; Imperial; Internal; Landscapes; Light; Listening; Looks; Meaning; Metaphor: Light as Music; Mystery; Oppressing; Pain; Personification: Death; Personification: Nature; Personification: Shadows; Scars; Seals; Seasons; Sending; Shadows; Teaching; Tunes; Weight; Winter; Wondering |
First Line | There's a certain slant of light (Search) |
Average Duration | 2:15 (Search) |
Year of composition | 2006 (Search) |
Link to English Text Online | https://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=4822 |
Larger Work | The Seasons: Four Poems of Emily Dickinson (Search) |
Author's associated movements or -isms or Groups | American Romanticism (Search) |
Original Language | English (Search) |
Score Source | http://arcady.ca/merchandise/publications/ |
Audio Source | https://soundcloud.com/ronald-beckett/the-seasons-4-poems-by-emily-dickinson-1?in=ronald-beckett/sets/vocal-music-art-songs |
Difficulty Level | Masters/Young Artist (Search) |
Catalog Designation | No. 1 (Search) |
Voice part suggested by composer | High voice |
Range: | C4 - G5 (Search) |
Original Key | G Minor (Search) |
Dedicated To | Maria-Giulia Bruni (Search) |
Premiered By | Maria-Giulia Bruni (Search) |
Commissioned By | Arcady Ensemble (Search) |
Recommended Printed Source | Edition Arcady, Volume 1 Songs and Arias (Search) |
Other instrumentation and voice | Voice, piano, optional cello (Search) |
Contributor | GTM , Anna Boyes (Search) |
Contributor Affiliation | Arcady Ensemble (Search) |