Choral SSA Choir and
Piano
SKU:
CF.CM9704
Composed by
Richard Hageman. Arranged
by Stephen Rotz. Jbc. 12
pages. Duration 2
minutes, 49 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9704.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9704).
ISBN 9781491160114.
UPC: 680160918713. Key:
F# minor. English. Sir
Rabindranath
Tagore.
Richard
Hageman (1881-1966) was a
born into a family of
musicians. As a pianist,
he performed concerts
from the age of six, and
his mastery of this
instrument is evident in
the intricate
accompaniment of this
piece. After coming to
America, (originally as
accompanist to touring
French singer Yvette
Guilbert), he worked for
a period of years as a
conductor and pianist for
the Metropolitan Opera in
New York. It was during
this period of time that
he composed Do Not Go, My
Love for solo voice,
originally dedicating it
to the operatic tenor,
George Hamlin. Hageman's
later career included
work in Hollywood, first
as a conductor, but later
as a film-score composer
and actor. Do Not Go, My
Love is well-known among
classical soloists, and
many recordings exist.
The SSA version of this
American standard brings
a vocal classic to
younger singers who might
not yet possess the
dexterity to perform the
original solo.
Rabindranath Tagore
(1861-1941) was an Indian
polymath; someone who
possesses deep knowledge
and understanding of many
disparate subjects.
Tagore's expertise
included the visual arts,
music, and poetry. Tagore
won the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1913,
contributing to his
receiving knighthood from
King George V in 1915,
but Tagore renounced his
knighthood after the 1919
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre. There are five
Tagore museums in
Bangladesh and three in
India; at least three
universities bear his
name. Do Not Go, My Love
is taken from The
Gardener, a collection of
poems translated from
Bengali by Tagore and
published in 1915. Number
34 in the collection, and
taken by itself, the poem
might be interpreted as
someone watching over the
deathbed of a lover or
child; however, the
larger narrative woven
through The Gardener
suggests a romantic
relationship being clung
to by the speaker.
.
Richard Hageman
(1881–1966) was a
born into a family of
musicians. As a pianist,
he performed concerts
from the age of six, and
his mastery of this
instrument is evident in
the intricate
accompaniment of this
piece. After coming to
America, (originally as
accompanist to touring
French singer Yvette
Guilbert), he worked for
a period of years as a
conductor and pianist for
the Metropolitan Opera in
New York. It was during
this period of timeÂ
that he composed Do Not
Go, My Love for solo
voice, originally
dedicating it to the
operatic tenor, George
Hamlin. Hageman’s
later career included
work in Hollywood, first
as a conductor, but later
as a film-score composer
and actor. Do Not Go, My
Love is well-known among
classical soloists, and
many recordings exist.
The SSA version of this
American standard brings
a vocal
“classic†to
younger singers who might
not yet possess the
dexterity to perform the
original
solo.Rabindranath Tagore
(1861–1941) was an
Indian polymath; someone
who possesses deep
knowledge and
understanding of many
disparate subjects.
Tagore’s expertise
included the visual arts,
music, and poetry. Tagore
won the Nobel Prize in
Literature in 1913,
contributing to his
receiving knighthood from
King George V in 1915,
but Tagore renounced his
knighthood after the 1919
Jallianwala Bagh
massacre. There are five
Tagore museums in
Bangladesh and three in
India; at least three
universities bear his
name.Do Not Go, My
Love is taken
from The Gardener, a
collection of poems
translated from Bengali
by Tagore and published
in 1915. Number 34 in the
collection, and taken by
itself, the poem might be
interpreted as someone
watching over the
deathbed of a lover or
child; however, the
larger narrative woven
through The
Gardener suggests a
romantic relationship
being clung to by the
speaker. .
Yvette-Guilbert
