Performances
Sheet Music
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General Information
Work Title
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Sonnets for Baritone and Orchestra
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Alternative. Title
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Composer
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Fine, Vivian
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I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.
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IVF 69
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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's
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3 movements
- To one who has been long in city pent
- On the Sea
- To a Cat
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Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.
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1976
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First Performance.
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1976-12-05, Bennington College, North Bennington, Vermont, Wayne Dalton, baritone, Louis Calabro, conductor
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Librettist
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John Keats (1795–1821)
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Language
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English
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Average DurationAvg. Duration
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10 minutes
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Composer Time PeriodComp. Period
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Modern
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Piece Style
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Modern
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Instrumentation
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2222, 2420, Timp, perc (piatti, sus. cymb, sandpaper blocks, glockenspiel, vibraphone, marimba), strings
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Navigation etc.
The music is easily accesible…and the performers must have enjoyed her colorful orchestration, especially "To a Cat." Her ease and freedom in writing for a large ensemble are indicative of an experienced composer, one who has evolved from the earlier use of the orchestra as a woodwind, brass, and string choirs…to a fluid mixing and contrasting of instruments as used in the Sonnets.
- —Heidi Von Gunden, The Music of Vivian Fine, Scarecrow Press, 1999