The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
Now Truly Know Me
SM-000326435
- Alternative title
- Chillingworth's Lament from The Scarlet Letter
- Composer
- Lori Laitman
-
Lyricist
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David Mason
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
-
Classical / Aria
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Baritone
- Scored for
- Solo, Accompanying piano
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 3'15"
- Language
- English
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Year of composition
- 2008
Description
In Act I, Scene 2 of The Scarlet Letter, Hester is found in her jail cell, having just been publicly accused of adultery. Her estranged husband, now calling himself Roger Chillingworth, enters the jail as a doctor to offer assistance to her ailing baby. As the two begin to recognize each other, Chillingworth sings of their past, betraying a vulnerability he will later quell when, in a spirit of frustrated rage, he will seek revenge for Hester's adultery.
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