Lori Laitman

Compositor

Lori Laitman

Lírico

Sara Teasdale

Editora

Enchanted Knickers Music

Gênero

Clássico / Canção

Instrumentação

Piano, Soprano

Composição para

Solo, Piano de Acompanhamento

Tipo de composição

Partitura piano-vocal

duração

12'0"

idioma

Inglês

dificuldade

Medium

Ano de composição

1991

descripção
The Metropolitan Tower, the first art song that I ever composed, was written at the request of Lauren Wagner for inclusion on her debut CD. I listened to many art songs for guidance, and read a lot of poetry. I was happy to discover Sara Teasdale, whose simple lyricism had an immediate appeal. I was also attracted to the music of Paul Bowles, and patterned The Metropolitan Tower on his song Secret Words — by using melody as the primary force with a simple accompaniment that often doubled the vocal line. The opening textural sparseness and dissonance of the accompaniment in A Winter Night sets the mood for the winter imagery of the poem. The use of sustained pedal in Old Tunes creates an blurred sound atmosphere, conjuring the image of a fragrances floating in the air or sounds recalled through memory. The shifting harmonies and meters of The Strong House create a feeling of instability as a commentary on the text. Lush harmonies are the hallmark of The Hour, which, like The Metropolitan Tower, is a reflection on a woman's first discovery of love (and which is also dedicated to my husband). The syncopated rhythms and chromatic harmonies in the piano part of To A Loose Woman set a sly background for the dramatic vocal line.

There are various recordings of these songs, which can be found on Spotify or YouTube.

data de postagem

27.06.2020