Echo - Miller, Andrew

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"''Echo'', one of Rosetti's most famous poems, is a first person communication from one lover to another through the afterlife by means of a dream. Common interpretations suggest that the speaker is alive and trying to communicate to their lover who has passed on, though it is up to the reader's interpretation, specifically when considering the line, "Yet come to me in dreams that I may live my very life again, though cold in death". The fact that this poem could be the voice of someone who has passed into the afterlife adds a deeply profound element of spirituality. The synthesizer can be any electronic keyboard that is dynamically touch-sensitive, can sustain any number of pitches simultaneously, and contains 'synthetic strings' in its soundbank. For proper balance, it is ideal to plug the electronic keyboard into an amplifier or sound system. In this piece, the synthesizer fulfils multiple musical elements that are often not present and/or difficult to achieve in many choral settings, especially middle schools and smaller high schools. Essentially, it acts as a string orchestra or a low men's section, providing young singers in smaller choral programs the opportunity to experience a close semblance of singing ''sustained'', 6 - 8 part divisi choral music. Thus far, the piano has been the leader in keyboard accompanied choral music, however, with the sustaining, warm and blendable qualities of the synthesizer comes a fresh new way to bring choral music - especially in middle school and smaller high school settings - to a whole new level. In this piece, dissonances are almost always approached by step for accessibility, and should be enjoyed to the fullest and sung into with confidence and round vowel shapes. An echo pattern is also a common and important element, in which voice parts repeat/imitate each other on the same word or syllable. In these instances, singers should usually emphasize their entrance and immediately decrease their dynamic, to create the illusion of a true 'echo'."

◈ Genre → Partsongs

♯ Tonart F minor

⁄ Taktart 4/4

♬ Besetzung → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Mittelstufe

↕ Tonumfang G-1 – f#''

¶ Sprache → Englisch

Takte 71

Textur Homophon

Stimmen 5

Instrumente Synthesizer

Seiten 10

CPDL Nr. 24655

Bearbeiter Andrew Miller

Veröffentlicht 2012-01-10

Lizenz CPDL-Lizenz

♫Tonumfänge

Soprano

B-3 – f#''

Alto

G-3 – c''

Tenor

c – d'

Bass 1

G – c'

Synthesizer

G-1 – E-4

Schlagwörter

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