Three Songs On Sonnets by Wlliam Shakespeare No. 3
Matthew Baier
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Three Songs On Sonnets By William Shakespeare No. 3
These songs are the most recent entries in my setting of some of William Shakespeare’s sonnets to music that begun in 1999. The poems are structured in quatrain and couplet form. Rhetorically, the quatrain prepares for the conclusion in the couplet. I’ve treated the lines freely allowing the words and imagery to suggest the musical phrasing. Special attention was given to establishing the mood of the poems through the use of particular scales or modes. The images of the poems are further reflected by a technique called word painting in which the word meanings are depicted by corresponding musical events.
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Duration: 00:13:09
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
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Instrumentation notes: Soprano, Flute, Guitar & Violin