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Mystery
Classical/Song • 1998 • Lyricist: Sara Teasdale
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For baritone and piano (priced for 2 copies)
Title by uploader: Mystery — cycle for baritone and piano (priced for 2 copies)
Instrumentation |
Piano, Baritone |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Piano-vocal score |
Publisher |
Enchanted Knickers Music |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Difficult |
Duration |
10'30 |
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.
You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc
For mezzo-soprano and piano (priced for 2 copies)
Title by uploader: Mystery — cycle for mezzo-soprano and piano (priced for 2 copies)
Instrumentation |
Piano, Mezzo-soprano |
Scored for |
Solo, Accompanying piano |
Type of score |
Piano-vocal score |
Publisher |
Enchanted Knickers Music |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Difficult |
Duration |
10'30 |
Mystery [1998], a song cycle for either baritone or mezzo-soprano, sets five poems by American poet Sara Teasdale (1884-1933). These poems reflect on love and its enigmas. The opening song, Nightfall, sets a lyric vocal line against a piano part that portrays the lovers’ past walks together as well as their unhappy present. Spray begins violently, with the piano suggesting the crashing of waves. Joining in with rapid declamations, the vocal line then transitions to a calmer reflection on love. The Kiss is set as a parody, humorously juxtaposing the old parlor song style of the vocal line with a more contemporary piano part containing dissonance and rhythmic displacements. The long vocal lines in The Mystery merge with a simple piano accompaniment to create a feeling of yearning. The most complex texture of the cycle is found in The Rose, in which intricate weavings between voice and piano combine with constant meter changes and mood shifts. The song culminates in a quiet variation of the opening as the singer reminisces on love lost.
You can hear the composer perform this with baritone William Sharp at the following URLs:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FBerx7qymE
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N8CfyXfT0k
3) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbko5-27Uw
4) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVxVbaI9xtQ
5) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBTAWEJrGmc
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