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Three Songs after Schubert

McDowall, Cecilia(By (composer))
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Commissioned by Roderick Williams, this characterful trilogy of songs sets poems by John Greening that present a vibrant, modern take on Schubert's song cycles.

The first draws on 'Gute nacht' from Der Winterreise, taking inspiration from Captain Scott's perilous expedition to the Antarctic in 1911-12.

The second, 'After Ständchen', has an air of darkness and mystery, with icy clusters and ghostly spread chords.

The text of the third song alludes to Schubert's 'Mein' from Die schöne Müllerin, and the musical setting is characterized by rapid semiquaver figuration in the piano and a vocal line full of dramatic expression.

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Product Details
Oxford University Press
0193531852 / 9780193531857
Sheet music
782.47
08/09/2024
United Kingdom
20 pages
210 x 290 mm, 126 grams