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Songs of Abelard
Contents
General Info
Year: 1969
Duration: 15:30
Difficulty: VI (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Edward B. Marks Music
Cost: Score & Parts - $90.00 | Score Only - $20.00 | Vocal Score - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Voice (Baritone or Mezzo-Soprano)
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III
Trumpet (in Bb) I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (5 players), including:
- Bass Drum
- Bongos (2)
- Cymbal (crash and suspended)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Tam-Tam
- Tubular Bells
- Xylophone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The composition is a symphonic synthesis culled from the music of "Time of Snow," a dance score choreographed by Martha Graham. Its three movements are the dramatic and tragic musical expression of the Abelard and Heloise legend. The text for the vocal solos is based on poetic material from the mediaeval period in which the events of this compelling love story took place in Paris.
The early twelfth century romance between the foremost scholar of his day and the niece of a canon of the Notre Dame Cathedral, which stunned the academic and clerical world at the time, is still recalled in an inscription upon a small house on the Isle de La Cite:
Heloise, Abelard lived here.
Sincere lovers. Precious models.
The year 1118.
Program Note by Norman Dello Joio
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Recent Performances
- University of Richmond (VA) Wind Ensemble (Kara Harman, mezzo soprano), 18 November 2019
Additional Works for Winds by this Composer
- Aria and Roulade (1984)
- Caccia (1978)
- Colonial Ballads
- Concertante (1973)
- Dancing Sergeant, The (1979)
- Fantasies on an Original Theme (1994)
- Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn (1968)
- From Every Horizon (1965)
- Metaphrase (1991)
- Satiric Dances (1975)
- Scenes from "The Louvre" (1966)
- Songs of Abelard (1969)
- Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (1963)
Additional Resources
None discovered thus far.
