Alto; Soprano; Vocal
(Voice and Piano)
SKU:
HL.51481487
For
Female Voice and
Piano. Composed by
Evgeny Kissin. Henle
Music Folios. Classical.
Softcover. G. Henle
#HN1487. Published by G.
Henle (HL.51481487).
UPC: 840126989342.
8.25x11.75x0.079
inches.
It is a
great pleasure to
present, with
Thanatopsis, maestro
Kissin's opus 4, an
expressive setting of the
ground-breaking poem from
the quill of William
Cullen Bryant. Published
in in the form known
today in 1821, it is an
early example of American
romantic poetry of the
19th century. Bryant is
today reckoned among the
group of “Fireside
Poets†or
“Schoolroom
Poets,†names that
allude to the places
where their poems were
usually recited. His
poems – first and
foremost Thanatopsis
(“A Consideration
of Deathâ€) as his
most famous – are
rooted in the English
tradition, but at the
same time show Bryant's
openness to a genuine
American language and
lifeworld. Evgeny
Kissin's setting is a
large vocal scene
intensely informed by
recitative, which
congenially allows the
prevailing mood of the
text to resound. Our
edition additionally
includes German and
French translations of
the poem and an
informative afterword
about Bryant's life and
work and the genesis of
Thanatopsis.
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