Winter (There's a certain slant of light)

Song TitleWinter (There's a certain slant of light) (Search)
Composer(s):Ronald Beckett
Author(s):Emily Dickinson
Author Underrepresented GroupWoman (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 LineThere's a certain slant of light (Search)
Average Duration2:15 (Search)
Year of composition 2006 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_text.html?TextId=4822
Larger WorkThe Seasons: Four Poems of Emily Dickinson (Search)
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsAmerican Romanticism (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (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 LevelMasters/Young Artist (Search)
Catalog DesignationNo. 1 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerHigh voice
Range: C4 - G5 (Search)
Original KeyG Minor (Search)
Dedicated ToMaria-Giulia Bruni (Search)
Premiered ByMaria-Giulia Bruni (Search)
Commissioned ByArcady Ensemble (Search)
Recommended Printed SourceEdition Arcady, Volume 1 Songs and Arias (Search)
Other instrumentation and voiceVoice, piano, optional cello (Search)
ContributorGTM , Anna Boyes (Search)
Contributor Affiliation Arcady Ensemble (Search)
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