Upon Silence

Upon Silence sets Long-legged Fly, a late poem of Yeats which portrays three momentous figures in history absorbed in silent contemplation: Julius Caesar planning a crucial military campaign, Helen of Troy as an adolescent in Sparta and Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel. The verses are set in a syllabic manner, while each successive chorus is set to increasingly lengthy melismas as, like the long-legged fly above water, the voice hovers above the strings. For Mezzo Soprano with String Ensemble.

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SKU#: 12-0571515789
UPC: 9780571515783
ISBN-10: 0571515789
ISBN-13: 9780571515783
Series: Faber Edition
Secondary Category: Vocal Extended Work
Format: Score
Contributors: By George Benjamin
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